skate

See also skaté

English

Wikipedia

Medieval bone skates on display at the Museum of London.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1

Back-formation from earlier scates, from Dutch schaats, from Old Northern French escache, compare Modern French échasse.

Noun

skate (plural skates)

1. A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
2. abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate
3. The act of skateboarding

   There's time for a quick skate before dinner.

4. The act of roller skating or ice skating

   The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.

Translations

runner

Czech: brusle (cs) f. Finnish: luistin (fi)

Polish: łyżwa (pl) f. Russian: конёк (ru) (konjók) m.

ice skate or roller skate

Czech: brusle (cs) f. Finnish: luistin (fi) French: patin (fr)

German: Schlittschuh (de) m., Rollschuh (de) m. Russian: конёк (ru) (konjók) m. Volapük: (ice) sket (vo), (roller) luibilasket (vo), (older term, ice) gladajuk (vo)

act of skateboarding

Finnish: skeittaus (fi)

German: Skateboardfahren (de) n., Skateboarden (de) n.

act of skating or ice skating

Czech: bruslení (cs) n. Finnish: luistelu (fi)

German: Schlittschuhlaufen (de) n., Eislaufen (de) n., Eislauf (de) m. Volapük: (ice) sketam (vo), (roller) luibilasketam (vo), (older term, ice) gladajukam (vo)

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Armenian: չմուշկ (hy) (čmušk) Chinese: Mandarin: 冰鞋 (cmn) (bīngxié) French: patin (fr) m. German: Schlittschuh (de) m.

Hungarian: korcsolya (hu) Japanese: スケート (ja) (sukēto) Latvian: slida (lv) f. Spanish: patín (es) m. Swedish: skena (sv) c. (1), skridsko (sv) c. (2)

Verb

skate (third-person singular simple present skates, present participle skating, simple past and past participle skated)

1. To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
2. To skateboard

Derived terms

• get one's skates on
• roller-skate
• skateboard
• skate on thin ice
• skatepark
• skater

Translations

to move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates

Czech: bruslit (cs) Finnish: luistella (fi)

Russian: кататься на коньках (ru) (katát'sja na kon'káx) Volapük: (ice) sketön (vo), (roller) luibilasketön (vo), (older term, ice) gladajukön (vo)

to skateboard

Finnish: skeitata (fi)

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Chinese: Mandarin: 滑冰 (cmn) (huábīng), 溜冰 (cmn) (liūbīng) Dutch: schaatsen (nl) Esperanto: glitkuri (eo) French: glisser (fr), patiner (fr)

German: Schlittschuh laufen (de) Japanese: スケートをする (ja) (sukēto-o suru) Latvian: slidot Spanish: patinar (es) Swedish: skrinna, åka skridskor

Etymology 2

A drawing of a cuckoo skate (Leucoraja naevus)

From Old Norse skata.

Noun

Wikipedia skate (plural skates)

1. A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body.

Translations

fish of family Rajidae

Czech: rejnok (cs) Esperanto: rajo (eo) Finnish: rausku (fi)

Icelandic: skata (is) f. Navajo: łóóʼ adishishí Russian: скат (ru) (skat) m.

Anagrams

• Keats, stake, steak, takes

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Dutch

Etymology

From English skate, back-formed from Dutch schaats.

Noun

skate m. (plural skates, diminutive skateje)

1. inline skate

Derived terms

• skaten

Verb

skate

1. first-person singular present indicative of skaten.
2. singular present subjunctive of skaten.
3. imperative of skaten.

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French

Verb

skate

1. first-person singular present indicative of skater
2. third-person singular present indicative of skater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of skater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of skater
5. second-person singular imperative of skater

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Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskatɘ/

Noun

skate

1. A display, an exhibition, or a show.

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Norwegian

Noun

skate m. or f. (definite singular skata/skaten; indefinite plural skater; definite plural skatene)

1. skate (a fish)
2. a dried tree without branches