kayak
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪæk
Noun
kayak (plural kayaks)
- A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck
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Verb
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.
Derived terms
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Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English kayak, borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧yak
Noun
kayak
- a kayak
Noun
kayak
- to ride a kayak
Cornish
Noun
kayak
References
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kayak m (plural kayaks)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kayak”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Betawi kayak, from Javanese ꦏꦪ (kaya, “like, such as”), from Pali काय (kāya), from Sanskrit क (ka, “similarity (suffix)”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
kayak
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Dutch kajak, from English kayak, from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
kayak (first-person possessive kayakku, second-person possessive kayakmu, third-person possessive kayaknya)
Further reading
- “kayak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kayak m (invariable)
Derived terms
Norman
Etymology
Noun
kayak m (plural kayaks)
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
kayak m (plural kayaks)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kayak”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧yak
Noun
kayak (definite accusative kayağı, plural kayaklar)
Declension
Volapük
Noun
kayak (nominative plural kayaks)
Declension
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