ski

See also Ski, and -ski

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Norwegian ski, related to Old Norse skið (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skid- (“to divide, split”), from Proto-Indo-European root *skei- (“to cut, split”) (see also shed). Cognate with Old English scid (“stick of wood”) (obsolete English shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skiː/, X-SAMPA: /ski:/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ski (plural skis)

1. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow.

Translations

one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow

• Armenian: դահուկ (hy) (dahuk)
• Bashkir: саңғы (saŋğï)
• Catalan: esquí (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雪板 (cmn) (xuěbǎn), 滑雪板 (cmn) (huáxuěbǎn)

• Czech: lyže (cs)
• Danish: ski (da)
• Dutch: ski (nl) m
• Faroese: skíð (fo) f
• Finnish: suksi (fi)
• French: ski (fr) m
• German: Ski (de) m, Schi (de) m
• Greek: σκι (el) (ski), χιονοπέδιλο (el) (chionopédilo) n
• Hebrew: סקי (he)
• Hungarian: sí (hu)
• Icelandic: skíði (is) n, andri (is) m, öndur (is) m
• Italian: sci (it) m
• Japanese: スキー (ja) (sukī)
• Korean: 스키 (ko) (seuki)

• Latin: narta (la) f
• Latvian: slēpe (lv) f
• Lithuanian: slidės (lt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ski (no) c

  Nynorsk: ski (nn)

• Polish: narta (pl) f
• Portuguese: esqui (pt) m
• Romanian: schi (ro) n
• Russian: лыжа (ru) (lýža) f, лыжи (ru) (lýži) f pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скија (sh) (skija) f, смучка (sh) (smučka) f

  Roman: skija (sh) f, smučka (sh) f

• Slovene: smuči
• Spanish: esquí (es) m
• Swedish: skida (sv) c
• Turkish: kayak (tr)
• Welsh: sgi (cy)

Derived terms

• jet ski
• skier
• skiing
• ski pole
• ski resort
• ski school
• ski slope

Verb

ski (third-person singular simple present skis or skies, present participle skiing, simple past and past participle skied)

1. (intransitive) To move on skis.
2. (transitive) To travel over (a slope etc.) on skis; travel on skis at (a place), especially as a sport.

Translations

to move on skis

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑雪 (cmn) (huáxuě)

• Crimean Tatar: taymaq
• Czech: lyžovat (cs)
• Dutch: skiën (nl)
• Finnish: hiihtää (fi) (X-country), lasketella (fi) (downhill)
• French: skier (fr)
• German: Ski fahren, Ski laufen (de)
• Greek: χιονοδρομώ (el) (chionodromó)
• Hungarian: síel (hu)
• Icelandic: skíða (is)
• Italian: sciare (it)
• Japanese: スキーをする (ja) (sukī-o suru)
• Latin: narto

• Latvian: slēpot
• Norwegian: gå på ski (no)
• Polish: zjeżdżać na nartach
• Portuguese: esquiar (pt)
• Romanian: schia (ro)
• Russian: кататься на лыжах (ru) (katát'sja na lýžax)
• Slovene: smučati (sl)
• Spanish: esquiar (es)
• Swedish: skida (sv) (especially going long distances - not necessarily downhill), åka skidor (sv)
• Turkish: kaymak (tr)
• Vietnamese: trượt tuyết (vi)
• Welsh: sgïo (cy)

Anagrams

• KSI

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

ski m (plural [[ski's#Dutch|ski's]], ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. a ski

Verb

ski

1. first-person singular present indicative of skiën
2. imperative of skiën

Anagrams

• sik

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Norwegian ski

Pronunciation

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Noun

ski m (plural skis)

1. (countable) ski
2. (uncountable) skiing (sport)

   faire du ski

   go skiing

Derived terms

• après-ski
• saut à ski
• ski acrobatique
• ski alpin
• ski-bob
• ski de fond
• ski évolutif
• ski nautique
• ski nordique
• skiabilité
• skiable
• skier
• skieur

Anagrams

• ksi

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Lojban

Rafsi

ski

1. rafsi of skicu.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ski m or f (definite singular skia/skien; indefinite plural skier/ski; definite plural skiene/skia)

1. ski