skate

See also: Skate, skaté, skatē, and скате

English

Ice skates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skeɪt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Hyphenation: skate

Etymology 1

Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkja (“stilt”).

Noun

skate (plural skates)

1. A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
2. Abbreviation of ice skate.
3. Abbreviation of roller skate.
4. The act of skateboarding

   There's time for a quick skate before dinner.

5. The act of roller skating or ice skating

   The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.

Translations

runner

• Catalan: patí (ca) m
• Czech: brusle (cs) f
• Dutch: schaats (nl) m or f
• Finnish: luistin (fi)
• Hungarian: korcsolya (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: scáta m
• Persian: کفش اسکیت
• Polish: łyżwa (pl) f
• Russian: конёк (ru) m (konjók)

ice skate or roller skate

• Albanian: patinë (sq) f
• Arabic: تَزَلُّج m (tazalluj)
• Armenian: չմուշկ (hy) (čʻmušk) (ice)
• Azerbaijani: konki
• Belarusian: канёк m (kanjók)
• Bengali: স্কেইট (skeiṭ)
• Bulgarian: къ̀нка f (kǎ̀nka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰鞋 (zh) (bīngxié)

• Czech: brusle (cs) f
• Danish: skøjte (da) c
• Dutch: schaats (nl) m or f
• Estonian: uisk
• Finnish: luistin (fi)
• French: patin (fr) m
• Georgian: ციგურა (cigura), ციგურები pl (cigurebi)
• German: Schlittschuh (de) m, Rollschuh (de) m
• Hindi: स्केट m (skeṭ)
• Hungarian: korcsolya (hu)
• Italian: pattina (it) f
• Japanese: スケート (ja) (sukēto)
• Kazakh: коньки (konki)
• Korean: 스케이트 (ko) (seukeiteu)
• Kyrgyz: коньки (konki)
• Latvian: slida f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: pačiūža f
• Macedonian: лизгалка f (lizgalka)
• Mongolian: тэшүүр (mn) (tešüür)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skøyte m or f

  Nynorsk: skøyte f, skeise f

• Persian: اسکیت (fa) (eskēt)
• Polish: łyżwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: skate (pt), patim (pt) m
• Romanian: patină (ro) f
• Russian: конёк (ru) m (konjók), коньки́ (ru) m pl (konʹkí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клизаљка f

  Roman: klizaljka (sh) f

• Slovak: korčuľa f
• Slovene: drsalka (sl) f
• Spanish: patín (es) m
• Swedish: skridsko (sv) c
• Tagalog: patin
• Thai: รองเท้าสเกต (rɔɔng-táao-sà-gét)
• Turkmen: konki
• Ukrainian: ковза́н m (kovzán), ли́жва f (lýžva)
• Uzbek: konʼki (uz)
• Vietnamese: giày trượt băng
• Volapük: (ice) sket (vo), (roller) luibilasket, (older term, ice) gladajuk

act of skateboarding

• Finnish: skeittaus (fi)
• German: Skateboardfahren n, Skateboarden n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: اسکیت بورد سواری
• Russian: ката́ние на скейтбо́рде n (katánije na skejtbórde)

act of skating or ice skating

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑冰 (zh) (huábīng), 溜冰 (zh) (liūbīng)

• Czech: bruslení (cs) n
• Dutch: schaatsen (nl)
• Finnish: luistelu (fi)
• French: patinage (fr) m
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: schuure, skuure

  Saterland Frisian: skööwelje

• German: Schlittschuhlaufen n, Eislaufen (de) n, Eislauf m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: scheuvellopen (Gronings), scheuveln (Gronings)

• Mongolian: тэшүүрээр гулгах (tešüüreer gulgax)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} اسکیت بازی-اسکیت روی یخ
• Portuguese: patinada f
• Russian: ката́ние на конька́х n (katánije na konʹkáx)
• Spanish: patinaje m
• Volapük: (ice) sketam, (roller) luibilasketam, (older term, ice) gladajukam
• West Frisian: reedriden

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} patin (fr) m
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ციგურა (cigura)
• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} slida f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} patín (es) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} skena (sv) c (1), ^{(please verify)} skridsko (sv) c (2)

Verb

1. To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
2. To skateboard
3. (skiing) To use the skating technique.
4. (slang) To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.

Derived terms

• get one's skates on
• roller-skate
• skateboard
• skate on thin ice
• skatepark
• skater

 

Translations

to move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates

• Armenian: չմշկել (hy) (čʻmškel), չմուշկներով սահել (čʻmušknerov sahel)
• Catalan: patinar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑冰 (zh) (huábīng), 溜冰 (zh) (liūbīng)

• Czech: bruslit
• Danish: skøjte (da)
• Dutch: schaatsen (nl)
• Esperanto: sketi
• Finnish: luistella (fi)
• French: glisser (fr), patiner (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schlittschuh laufen
• Irish: scátáil
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: スケートをする (sukēto o suru)
• Korean: 스케이트를 타다 (seukeiteureul tada)
• Mongolian: тэшүүрээр гулгах (tešüüreer gulgax)
• Norman: patinner
• Persian: اسکیت کردن -اسکیت (Eskate)
• Portuguese: patinar (pt)
• Russian: ката́ться на конька́х impf (katátʹsja na konʹkáx)
• Spanish: patinar (es)
• Swedish: åka skridskor
• Tagalog: magpatin
• Volapük: (ice) sketön (vo), (roller) luibilasketön, (older term, ice) gladajukön
• Welsh: sglefrio (cy), ysglefrio (cy)

to skateboard

• Dutch: skaten (nl), skateboarden (nl)
• Finnish: skeitata (fi)
• Irish: clárscátáil
• Russian: ката́ться на скейтбо́рде impf (katátʹsja na skejtbórde)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: andar en skate
• Swedish: skejta (sv)
• Turkish: kaykay yapmak (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} schaatsen (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} glitkuri
• Latvian: ^{(please verify)} slidot
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} patinar (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} skrinna (sv), ^{(please verify)} åka skridskor

Adjective

skate (not comparable)

1. (skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.

Etymology 2

A drawing of a cuckoo skate (Leucoraja naevus)

From Middle English skat, scate (also schat), from Old Norse skata (“skate”). Cognate with Icelandic skata (“skate, ray”), Norwegian skate (“skate”).

Noun

skate (plural skates)

1. A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body.

Translations

fish of family Rajidae

• Arabic: شِفْنِين m (šifnīn)
• Belarusian: скат m (skat)
• Bulgarian: морска́ лиси́ца f (morská lisíca)
• Burmese: လိပ်ကျောက် (my) (lipkyauk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鰩／鳐 (zh) (yáo), 鳐 (zh) (yáo)

• Czech: rejnok (cs)
• Esperanto: rajo
• Faroese: skøta f
• Finnish: rausku (fi)
• Galician: bicudo m
• German: Rochen (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: βατίς f (batís)

• Icelandic: skata f
• Irish: sciata m
• Italian: razza (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 鱝 (ja) (えい, ei), エイ (ja) (ei)
• Korean: 홍어 (ko) (hong'eo) (洪魚 (ko)), 가오리 (ko) (gaori)
• Lao: ປາຝາ (pā fā), ຝາ (lo) (fā)
• Navajo: łóóʼ adishishí
• Norman: raie f (Jersey)
• Persian: سفره ماهی (sofreh mahi)
• Polish: płaszczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: arraia (pt) f, raia (pt) f
• Russian: скат (ru) m (skat)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ража f

  Roman: raža (sh) f

• Slovak: raja f
• Thai: กระเบน (grà-been)
• Ukrainian: скат m (skat)
• Vietnamese: cá đuối (vi)
• Welsh: cath fôr (cy) f

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

skate (plural skates)

1. A worn-out horse.
2. A mean or contemptible person.

Derived terms

• cheapskate
• labor skate

Further reading

• “skate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Keast, Keats, Stake, kates, ketas, stake, steak, takes, teaks

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Dutch

Etymology

From English skate, back-formed from Dutch schaats.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

skate m (plural skates, diminutive skateje n)

1. inline skate

Derived terms

• skaten

Verb

skate

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of skaten
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of skaten
3. (deprecated template usage) imperative of skaten

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French

Noun

skate m (plural skates)

1. a skateboard

Verb

skate

1. first-person singular present indicative of skater
2. third-person singular present indicative of skater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of skater
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of skater
5. second-person singular imperative of skater

Further reading

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

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German

Verb

skate

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of skaten.
2. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of skaten.
3. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of skaten.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of skaten.

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Latvian

Etymology

From skat(īt) (“to see, look”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skatɛ]

Noun

skate f (5th declension)

1. display, exhibition, show (a planned event with the goal of showing, demonstrating something to the public; syn. izstāde)

   modes skate ― fashion show

   tēlotājas mākslas skate ― fine art show

   zemkopības tehnikas skate ― agriculture machinery show

   mākslinieciskās pašdarbības skate ― amateur performance show

2. inspection, survey, review (syn. apskate)

   tarifikācijas skate ― classification, ranking review

   iziet skati ― to pass the scrutiny, test, inspection

Declension

Declension of skate (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	skate	skates
accusative (akuzatīvs)	skati	skates
genitive (ģenitīvs)	skates	skašu
dative (datīvs)	skatei	skatēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	skati	skatēm
locative (lokatīvs)	skatē	skatēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	skate	skates

Synonyms

• apskate
• izstāde

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skata

Noun

skate m (definite singular skaten, indefinite plural skater, definite plural skatene)

1. a skate (a fish)
2. a dried tree without branches

References

• “skate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skata

Noun

skate f (definite singular skata, indefinite plural skater, definite plural skatene)

1. a skate (a fish)

References

• “skate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• esqueite (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from English skate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskejt͡ʃ/

Noun

skate m (plural skates)

1. skateboard (small platform on wheels)

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Spanish

Noun

skate m (plural skates)

1. skating, skateboarding