kayaker

English

Etymology

From kayak +‎ -er.

Noun

kayaker (plural kayakers)

1. Agent noun of kayak; one who kayaks.
   • 2017, Richmond & Twickenham Times, 10 March

     A kayaker who was thrown from his boat and was being swept towards Teddington Weir was saved from a possible "fatal injury" by a brave rescue lifeboat team.

Translations

one who kayaks

• Finnish: meloja (fi), kajakkimeloja
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• French: kayakeur (fr) m, kayakiste (fr) m

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ja.ke/

Verb

kayaker

1. to kayak.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kayaker (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	kayaker
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	kayakant /ka.ja.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		kayaké /ka.ja.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	kayake /ka.jak/	kayakes /ka.jak/	kayake /ka.jak/	kayakons /ka.ja.kɔ̃/	kayakez /ka.ja.ke/	kayakent /ka.jak/
	imperfect	kayakais /ka.ja.kɛ/	kayakais /ka.ja.kɛ/	kayakait /ka.ja.kɛ/	kayakions /ka.ja.kjɔ̃/	kayakiez /ka.ja.kje/	kayakaient /ka.ja.kɛ/
	past historic2	kayakai /ka.ja.ke/	kayakas /ka.ja.ka/	kayaka /ka.ja.ka/	kayakâmes /ka.ja.kam/	kayakâtes /ka.ja.kat/	kayakèrent /ka.ja.kɛʁ/
	future	kayakerai /ka.ja.kʁe/	kayakeras /ka.ja.kʁa/	kayakera /ka.ja.kʁa/	kayakerons /ka.ja.kʁɔ̃/	kayakerez /ka.ja.kʁe/	kayakeront /ka.ja.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	kayakerais /ka.ja.kʁɛ/	kayakerais /ka.ja.kʁɛ/	kayakerait /ka.ja.kʁɛ/	kayakerions /ka.ja.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	kayakeriez /ka.ja.kə.ʁje/	kayakeraient /ka.ja.kʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	kayake /ka.jak/	kayakes /ka.jak/	kayake /ka.jak/	kayakions /ka.ja.kjɔ̃/	kayakiez /ka.ja.kje/	kayakent /ka.jak/
	imperfect2	kayakasse /ka.ja.kas/	kayakasses /ka.ja.kas/	kayakât /ka.ja.ka/	kayakassions /ka.ja.ka.sjɔ̃/	kayakassiez /ka.ja.ka.sje/	kayakassent /ka.ja.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	kayake /ka.jak/	—	kayakons /ka.ja.kɔ̃/	kayakez /ka.ja.ke/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).