kayak
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Western Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
kayak (plural kayaks)
- A type of small boat, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position.
Translations [edit]
a type of small boat
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Verb [edit]
kayak (third-person singular simple present kayaks, present participle kayaking, simple past and past participle kayaked)
- (intransitive) to use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak
- Kayaking is an Olympic sport.
- (transitive) to traverse a body of water by kayak.
- On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.
Translations [edit]
to use a kayak to travel or race
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- kayac (rare)
Etymology [edit]
Western Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
kayak m (plural kayaks)
Derived terms [edit]
Italian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Western Canadian Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
kayak m (invariable)
Derived terms [edit]
Turkish [edit]
Noun [edit]
kayak (definite accusative kayağı, plural kayaklar)
Declension [edit]
declension of kayak
possessive forms of kayak
Volapük [edit]
Noun [edit]
kayak (plural kayaks)
Declension [edit]
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- English terms derived from Western Canadian Inuktitut
- English terms derived from Proto-Eskimo
- English nouns
- English verbs
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- French terms derived from Western Canadian Inuktitut
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- French palindromes
- fr:Sports
- fr:Watercraft
- Italian terms derived from Western Canadian Inuktitut
- Italian nouns
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- it:Sports
- it:Watercraft
- Turkish nouns
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- Volapük nouns
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