skateboarder

English

A skateboarder

Etymology

From skateboard +‎ -er.

Noun

skateboarder (plural skateboarders)

1. A person who rides a skateboard.
   • 2024 July 27, Kyle Almond, “Ukrainian skateboarders take back their streets”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The streets of Ukraine are scarred by war, but that isn’t stopping many young skateboarders from doing what they love to do. […] “It’s a way of feeling alive, even when everything around you is falling apart,” Vasilkan, a skateboarder from Odesa, told French photojournalist Robin Tutenges.

Synonyms

• boarder
• rider
• skater

Hyponyms

• skaterboy
• skatergirl

Translations

someone who skateboards

• Arabic: المُتَزَلِج (almutazalij)
• Esperanto: rultabulisto
• French: planchiste (fr) m or f, skateur (fr) m, skateuse (fr) f, skateboardeur (fr) m, skateboardeuse (fr) f
• German: Skateboarder (de) m, Skateboarderin (de) f
• Icelandic: hjólabrettamaður
• Italian: skater (it) m or f (anglicism)
• Maori: kaieke papawīra
• Polish: skateboardzista (pl) m, deskorolkarz (pl) m
• Scots: skatebuirder
• Scottish Gaelic: neach-spèileabord
• Spanish: monopatinador m, skater (es) m or f (anglicism)
• Swedish: skejtare (sv) c, skateboardåkare (sv) c
• Turkish: kaykaycı (tr)
• Welsh: sgrialwr m, sglefrfyrddiwr m or f

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboarder. Equivalent to skateboarden +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskeːtˌbɔr.dər/

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• Hyphenation: skate‧boar‧der

Noun

skateboarder m (plural skateboarders)

1. a skateboarder