skateboard

English

A standard skateboard

Etymology

skate +‎ board

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wikipedia skateboard (plural skateboards)

1. A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.

Derived terms

• skateboard deck
• skateboarding
• skateboard truck
• skateboard wheel

Translations

platform on wheels

Breton: plankenn-ruilh (br) Chinese: trad. and simpl. 滑板 (pinyin: huábǎn) Czech: skateboard (cs) m. Dutch: skateboard (nl) n. Esperanto: rultabulo (eo) Estonian: rula (et) Finnish: skeittilauta (fi), skede (fi) (slang), rullalauta (fi) French: planche à roulettes (fr) f. (dated), skateboard (fr) m., skate (fr) m. German: Skateboard (de) Hebrew: סקייטבורד (he) (skeitbord) Hungarian: gördeszka (hu) Icelandic: hjólabretti (is) n. Indonesian: papan luncur (id) Italian: skateboard (it) m.

Japanese: スケートボード (ja) (sukētobōdo) Latin: tabula subrotata (la) f. Lithuanian: riedlentė (lt) Norwegian: rullebrett (no) Polish: deskorolka (pl) f. Russian: скейтборд (ru) (skejtbórd) m. Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: rolka (sl) f. Spanish: monopatín (es) m. Swedish: skateboard (sv) Thai: สเกตบอร์ด (sàgèt bòt) Turkish: kaykay (tr) Ukrainian: скейтборд (uk) m. Vietnamese: ván trượt

Verb

skateboard (third-person singular simple present skateboards, present participle skateboarding, simple past and past participle skateboarded)

1. (intransitive) To use a skateboard for amusement.

Translations

to use skateboard

Finnish: skeitata, skedettää, rullalautailla French: skater, faire du skate

Icelandic: (slang) skeita (is)

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Dutch

Etymology

From English skateboard.

Noun

skateboard n. (^??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)

1. skateboard

Related terms

• skateboarder m.

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French

Etymology

From American English skateboard.

Noun

skateboard m. (plural skateboards)

1. (uncountable) skateboarding

   Le skateboard est l'une de ses activités favorites.

   Skateboarding is one of his favorite activities.

2. (countable) skateboard

   Ce magasin a vendu énormément de skateboards l'année passée.

   This store sold a huge number of skateboards last year.

Synonyms

• (skateboard): skate m., planche de skate, (old) planche à roulettes

• (skateboarding): skate

Related terms

• skateboardeur m.
• skateur m.
• skater