scooter

See also: Scooter

English

A kick scooter (#1)

Two e-scooters (#2)

A motor scooter (#3)

A three-wheeled mobility vehicle (#4)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English scoot

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English scooter

From scoot + -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

Noun

scooter (plural scooters)

1. A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
2. An electric version of the kick scooter.

   Synonyms: e-scooter, motorized scooter

3. A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
4. A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled or elderly people.
5. An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.
7. (nautical, underwater diving, military) Synonym of diver propulsion vehicle.

   Synonyms: water scooter, DPV

8. Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
9. A scooter skirt (skort), especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform.
   • 2017, Classroom Uniforms Catalog 2017‎^[1], page 6:

     Bow Pocket Scooter […] Pull-on twill scooter with three-pleat front, […]

   • 2021, French Toast Catalog 2022‎^[2], page 10:

     With thoughtful details like shorts hidden under scooters, wrinkle-resistant, moisture-wicking fabrics, power knees and strength, stretch, and adjustability exactly where growing kids need it most, […]

Derived terms

• air scooter
• diving scooter
• dog scooter
• electric scooter
• gym scooter
• ice scooter
• kick scooter
• knee scooter
• maxiscooter
• mobility scooter
• motorized scooter
• motor scooter
• push scooter
• scooterboy
• scooterer
• scootering
• scooterist
• sea scooter
• sky scooter
• snow scooter
• square scooter
• water scooter

Descendants

• → Arabic: سْكُوتَر (skūtar)
• → Bengali: স্কুটার (skuṭar)
• → Catalan: escúter
• → Czech: skútr
• → Danish: scooter
• → Dutch: scooter
• → Finnish: skootteri
• → French: scooter
• → German: Scooter
• → Italian: scooter
• → Japanese: スクーター (sukūtā)
• → Korean: 스쿠터 (seukuteo)
• → Malay: skuter
• → Norwegian Bokmål: scooter
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: scooter
• → Polish: skuter
• → Portuguese: scooter
• → Romanian: scuter
• → Spanish: escúter; scooter
• → Swedish: skoter

Translations

foot-propelled vehicle — see also skateboard

• Albanian: skuter (sq) m, monopatinë f
• Armenian: ինքնագլոր (inkʻnaglor)
• Azerbaijani: samokat, skuter

  South Azerbaijani: اسقوتر (usqutur)

• Belarusian: самака́т m (samakát)
• Bulgarian: тротине́тка f (trotinétka)
• Catalan: patinet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑板車 / 滑板车 (zh) (huábǎnchē), 滑行車 / 滑行车 (huáxíngchē)

• Czech: ("wheel-runner") koloběžka (cs) f
• Danish: løbehjul
• Dutch: step (nl) f
• Esperanto: skutilo
• Estonian: tõukeratas, tõukekas (colloquial), tõuks (colloquial)
• Faroese: rennihjól n
• Finnish: potkulauta (fi), potkis (fi), scootti (fi)
• French: trottinette (fr) f
• Galician: patinete m
• Georgian: თვითგორია (tvitgoria), თვითმგორავი (tvitmgoravi)
• German: Tretroller (de) m, Trittroller m, Trottinett (de) n (Switzerland)

  Alemannic German: Trottinett n

• Greek: πατίνι (el) n (patíni)
• Hebrew: קוֹרְקִינֵט (he) m (korkínet)
• Hungarian: roller (hu)
• Icelandic: hlaupahjól (is) n
• Italian: monopattino (it) m
• Japanese: キックスケーター (kikkusukētā), スクーター (ja) (sukūtā), キックボード (kikku bōdo)
• Korean: 킥 스쿠터 (kik seukuteo), 스쿠터 (seukuteo), 킥보드 (kikbodeu)
• Kyrgyz: өзтепме (öztepme)
• Lao: ລໍ້ແລ່ນ (lǭ lǣn)
• Latvian: skrejritenis m
• Lithuanian: paspirtukas m
• Macedonian: тротине́т m (trotinét)
• Malay: skuter
• Māori: kutarere
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: скутер (skuter), суроон (suroon)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sparkesykkel m, sparksykkel m

  Nynorsk: sparkesykkel

• Polish: hulajnoga (pl) f
• Portuguese: patinete (pt) m, trotineta (pt) f
• Romanian: trotinetă (ro) f
• Russian: самока́т (ru) m (samokát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тротѝнет m

  Latin: trotìnet (sh) m

• Slovak: kolobežka (sk) f
• Spanish: patineta (es) f, patín del diablo m, patinete m
• Swedish: sparkcykel (sv) c
• Turkish: trotinet (tr)
• Ukrainian: самока́т m (samokát)

electric version of the kick scooter

• Catalan: patinet elèctric m
• Dutch: elektrische step f, e-step (nl) f
• Finnish: sähköpotkulauta (fi)
• French: trottinette électrique (fr) f
• Galician: patinete eléctrico m
• German: Elektrotretroller m, E-Tretroller m, E-Roller m, E-Scooter m
• Hungarian: villanyroller, elektromos roller
• Italian: monopattino elettrico m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: elsparkesykkel (no) m

• Polish: hulajnoga elektryczna f
• Portuguese: patinete elétrico m,
• Romanian: trotinetă electrică f
• Spanish: patinete eléctrico m
• Swedish: vespa (sv), scooter (sv)

type of motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame — see also motor scooter

• Arabic: سْكُوتَر m (skūtar), بِسْكِلِيتَّة f (biskilitta)
• Armenian: մոտոռոլլեր (hy) (motoṙoller), սկուտեր (hy) (skuter)
• Belarusian: мотаро́лер m (motaróljer), ску́тэр m (skúter)
• Bengali: স্কুটার (bn) (skuṭar)
• Bulgarian: мопед m (moped)
• Catalan: escúter m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 速克達 / 速克达 (sùkèdá), 機車 / 机车 (zh) (jīchē)

• Czech: skútr (cs)
• Danish: scooter (da) c
• Dutch: scooter (nl) m
• Esperanto: skotero
• Estonian: motoroller, skuuter
• Finnish: skootteri (fi)
• French: scooter (fr) m
• Georgian: მოტოროლერი (moṭoroleri), სკუტერი (sḳuṭeri)
• German: Motorroller (de) m
• Greek: μοτοποδήλατο (el) n (motopodílato), σκούτερ (el) n (skoúter)
• Hebrew: קַטְנוֹעַ (he) m (katnóa), טוּסְטוּס m (tústus)
• Hindi: स्कूटर (skūṭar)
• Hungarian: robogó (hu), motoroller
• Icelandic: vespa (is) f
• Indonesian: skuter (id)
• Irish: scútar m
• Italian: scooter (it)
• Japanese: スクーター (ja) (sukūtā)
• Kazakh: мотороллер (motoroller)
• Khmer: ម៉ូតូ (moutou)
• Korean: 스쿠터 (seukuteo)
• Lao: ລົດຈັກ (lo) (lot chak)
• Latvian: motorollers (lv) m
• Lingala: mobilette
• Lithuanian: motoroleris m
• Macedonian: скутер m (skuter)
• Malay: skuter
• Malayalam: സ്കൂട്ടർ (skūṭṭaṟ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: scooter m, skuter m

  Nynorsk: scooter m, skuter m

• Polish: skuter (pl) m
• Portuguese: motoneta, lambreta (pt)
• Romanian: scuter (ro) n
• Russian: моторо́ллер (ru) m (motoróller), ску́тер (ru) m (skútɛr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ску̏тер m

  Latin: skȕter (sh) m

• Slovak: skúter m
• Slovene: skuter m, vespa f
• Spanish: scooter m, motoneta (es) f, vespa (es) f, escúter (es) m or f
• Swedish: moped (sv) c, skoter (sv) c
• Thai: สกู๊ตเตอร์ (sà-gúut-dtə̂ə)
• Turkish: scooter
• Ukrainian: моторо́лер m (motoróler), ску́тер m (skúter)
• Vietnamese: xe xcutơ, xe tay ga

electric scooter for disabled — see also mobility scooter

• Belarusian: інвалі́дная каля́ска f (invalídnaja kaljáska)
• Bulgarian: инвали́дна коли́чка f (invalídna kolíčka)
• Dutch: scootmobiel (nl) m
• Finnish: sähköskootteri (fi)
• Hebrew: קַלְנוֹעִית (he) f (kalno'ít)
• Japanese: シニアカー (shinia kā)
• Polish: skuterek m
• Russian: инвали́дная коля́ска f (invalídnaja koljáska)
• Spanish: escúter (es), vespa (es)
• Ukrainian: інвалі́дна коля́ска f (invalídna koljáska)

ice scooter — see ice scooter

large black duck of the genus Melanitta — see scoter

See also

• moped

Verb

scooter (third-person singular simple present scooters, present participle scootering, simple past and past participle scootered)

1. (intransitive) To ride on a scooter.

   Synonym: scoot

   • 2005 October 24, “Love Those Boomers”, in Business Week‎^[3]:

     But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices […]

Derived terms

• scootering

Translations

to ride on a scooter — see also scoot

• Finnish: ajaa skootterilla
• Hungarian: rollerezik (hu), gurul (hu), robog (hu)
• Polish: jeździć na skuterze m
• Spanish: montar patinete

Anagrams

• Cooters, cooters

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsku.tər/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -utər

Noun

scooter

scooter m (plural scooters, diminutive scootertje n)

1. motor scooter

See also

• motorfiets

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sku.tœʁ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

scooter m (plural scooters)

1. scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)

Further reading

• “scooter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Uno scooter – A scooter

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsku.ter/
• Rhymes: -uter
• Hyphenation: scoo‧ter

• Audio:

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Noun

scooter m (invariable)

1. (vehicles) scooter, specifically:
2. (nautical) a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht, designed to travel over ice
   1. motor scooter
   2. ellipsis of acquascooter; water scooter

Derived terms

• acquascooter
• scooterista

Anagrams

• costerò, cretoso, estorco, scoterò

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English scooter.

Noun

scooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scootere, definite plural scooterne)

1. a scooter (type of motorcycle)
2. ellipsis of snøscooter or vannscooter

Alternative forms

• skuter

Derived terms

• snøscooter
• vannscooter

References

• “scooter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “scooter” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English scooter.

Noun

scooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scooterar, definite plural scooterane)

1. a scooter (type of motorcycle)
2. ellipsis of snøscooter, vasscooter, or etc.

Alternative forms

• skuter

Derived terms

• snøscooter
• vasscooter, vass-scooter

References

• “scooter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskuteɾ/ [ˈsku.t̪eɾ], /esˈkuteɾ/ [esˈku.t̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -uteɾ

Noun

scooter m or f same meaning (plural scooters or scooter)

1. scooter (vehicle)

Further reading

• “scooter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “scooter”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA

Swedish

Noun

scooter c

1. a motor scooter (small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame)

   Synonyms: vespa, (when clear from context) skoter

2. (chiefly in some compounds) scooter

   Synonym: (much more common with the exception of elscooter) skoter

Declension

Declension of scooter

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	scooter	scooters
	definite	scootern	scooterns
plural	indefinite	scootrar	scootrars
	definite	scootrarna	scootrarnas

References

• “scooter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “scooter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)