scooter

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

Noun

scooter (plural scooters)

1. A kick scooter.
2. A small motor-powered bicycle of similar design, also motor scooter.
3. A mobility scooter, i.e. an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
4. Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
5. A type of ice yacht known at least in the state of New York, equipped with runners for travelling over ice. The body has a flat bottom and is capable of floating in the water which makes it safe to use also on thin ice.

Translations

a child's foot-operated vehicle

Chinese: Mandarin: 滑板車 (cmn), 滑板车 (cmn) (huábǎnchē), 滑行車 (cmn), 滑行车 (cmn) (huáxíngchē) Czech: koloběžka f. ("wheel-runner") Dutch: step (nl) m. Finnish: potkulauta (fi) French: trottinette (fr) f. German: Tretroller (de) m., Trittroller (de) m.

Greek: πατίνι (el) (patíni) n. Japanese: キックスクーター (ja) (kikkusukūtā) Macedonian: тротинет (mk) (trotinét) m. Norwegian: sparkesykkel (no) m., sparksykkel (no) m. Portuguese: patinete (pt) m. Russian: самокат (ru) (samokát) m. Spanish: patineta (es) f., monopatín (es) m., patín del diablo (es) m. Swedish: sparkcykel

motor-scooter

Arabic: سكوتر (ar) (skuutar) m., بسكليتة (ar) (biskilíyya) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 速克達 (cmn), 速克达 (cmn) (sùkèdá) Dutch: scooter (nl) m. Finnish: skootteri (fi) French: scooter (fr) m. German: Motorroller (de) m.

Greek: μοτοποδήλατο (el) (motopodílato) n., σκούτερ (el) (skoúter) n. Japanese: スクーター (ja) (sukūtā) Macedonian: скутер (mk) (skúter) m. Norwegian: moped (no) m. Russian: мотороллер (ru) (motoróller) m., скутер (ru) (skúter) m. Spanish: scooter (es) m. Swedish: moped (sv)

mobility scooter

Dutch: scootmobiel (nl) m.

Finnish: sähköpyörätuoli

scoter

Finnish: mustalintu

Greek: μαυρόπαπια (el) (mavrópapia) f.

Derived terms

• air scooter
• diving scooter
• dog scooter
• gym scooter
• ice scooter
• kick scooter or kickscooter
• knee scooter
• maxiscooter
• mobility scooter
• mobility scooter
• motorized-scooter
• motor scooter or motorscooter
• push scooter or pushscooter
• scootering
• scooterist
• sea scooter
• sky scooter
• square scooter
• water scooter

Verb

scooter (third-person singular simple present scooters, present participle scootering, simple past and past participle scootered)

1. To ride on a scooter.
   • 2005 October 24, “Love Those Boomers”:

     But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices […]

Derived terms

• scootering

Anagrams

• cooters

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

scooter

scooter m. (plural scooters, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. scooter

See also

• motorfiets

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

scooter m. (plural scooters)

1. scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)

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Italian

Etymology

From English

Noun

scooter m. inv.

1. scooter (motor-powerred bicycle, sailing vessel)

Anagrams

• costerò, cretoso, estorco, scoterò