karate

See also karaté

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈɹɑː.ti/, X-SAMPA: /k@"rA:.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɑːti

Noun

karate (uncountable)

1. An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.

Derived terms

• karate kick

Related terms

• karaoke
• karateka

Translations

martial art

• Arabic: كاراتيه (ar) (karaatiih) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空手 (cmn) (kōngshǒu), 空手道 (cmn) (kōngshǒudào)

• Czech: karate (cs) n
• Finnish: karate (fi)
• French: karaté (fr) m
• German: Karate (de) n
• Hebrew: קראטה (he) (kárate) m
• Icelandic: karate (is) n
• Japanese: 空手 (ja) (karate), 空手道 (ja) (karatedō)
• Kyrgyz: карате (ky) (karaté)
• Lithuanian: karatė (lt) f

• Macedonian: карате (mk) (karáte) n
• Malay: karate (ms)
• Norwegian: karate (no) m
• Polish: karate (pl) n
• Portuguese: caratê (pt) m
• Russian: карате (ru) (karaté) m, каратэ (ru) (karaté) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: карате (sh) m

  Roman: karate (sh) m

• Swedish: karate (sv) c
• Tamil: கராத்தே (ta)
• Turkish: karate (tr)

Anagrams

• ektara

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Czech

Noun

karate n

1. karate

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkʰaːratɛː/

Noun

karate n (genitive singular karates, uncountable)

1. karate

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Japanese

Romanization

karate

1. See からて

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Polish

Etymology

From Japanese 空手 (karate)

Pronunciation

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Noun

karate n (indecl)

1. karate

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Noun

karàte m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те) (not inflected)

1. karate

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ka̠ˈɾa̠.te̞]

Noun

karate m (plural uncountable)

1. (martial arts) karate