skater

See also: Skater

English

Alternative forms

• sk8r (slang)

Etymology

skate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/

• Audio (RP)

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• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

skater (plural skaters)

1. A person who skates.
2. A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
3. (ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.
4. Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

Synonyms

• (in ice hockey): field player
• (insect): water strider

Translations

person who skates

• Bulgarian: кънкьор m (kǎnkjor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溜冰者 (liūbīngzhě), 滑冰者 (huábīngzhě)

• Czech: bruslař (cs) m, bruslařka (cs) f
• Dutch: schaatser (nl) m, skater (nl) m
• Finnish: luistelija (fi)
• French: patineur (fr) m, patineuse (fr) f, skateur (fr) m, skateuse (fr) f (skateboard)
• German: Schlittschuhläufer (de) m, Schlittschuhläuferin (de) f, Eisläufer (de) m, Eisläuferin (de) f
• Hungarian: korcsolyázó (hu), (ice) jégkorcsolyázó, (roller) görkorcsolyázó, (skateboard) gördeszkás
• Italian: pattinatore (it) m, pattinatrice (it) f
• Japanese: スケートをする人 (sukēto o suru hito), スケーター (ja) (sukētā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skøyteløper m

• Persian: اسکیت‌سوار‎ (fa) (eskeyt-savâr), اسکیت‌باز‎ (eskeyt-bâz)
• Polish: łyżwiarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: patinador (pt) m
• Romanian: patinator (ro) m, patinatoare (ro) f
• Russian: конькобе́жец (ru) m (konʹkobéžec), конькобе́жка (ru) f (konʹkobéžka)
• Serbo-Croatian: klizač (sh) m, клизач m
• Spanish: patinador m, patinadora (es) f
• Swedish: skrinnare (sv) c, skridskoåkare (sv) c, skatare c (slang, mainly a person who rollerskates)
• Thai: นักสเกต (nák-sà-gét)
• Ukrainian: ковзаня́р (uk) m (kovzanjár), ковзаня́рка (uk) f (kovzanjárka)
• Volapük: (♂♀ ice) sketan (vo), (♂) hisketan, (♀) jisketan, (♂♀ roller) luibilasketan, (♂) luibilahisketan, (♀) luibilajisketan, (older term, ♂♀ ice) gladajukan, (♂) gladahijukan, (♀) gladajijukan

member of skateboarding subculture

• Bulgarian: скейтбордист m (skejtbordist)
• Esperanto: rultabulisto
• Finnish: skeittari (fi)
• Portuguese: skatista (pt) m or f
• Turkish: kaykaycı (tr)

ice hockey: player other than goaltender

• Finnish: kenttäpelaaja (fi)
• German: Feldspieler m

insect — see water strider

Anagrams

• Akters, Kaster, Krastë, Staker, Starke, Tasker, retask, sakret, staker, strake, streak, takers, tasker, trakes

French

Etymology

From English to skate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɛ.te/, /ske.te/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

skater

1. to skateboard

Conjugation

Conjugation of skater (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	skater
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	skatant /skɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ske.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		skaté /skɛ.te/ or /ske.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	skate /skɛt/	skates /skɛt/	skate /skɛt/	skatons /skɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ske.tɔ̃/	skatez /skɛ.te/ or /ske.te/	skatent /skɛt/
	imperfect	skatais /skɛ.tɛ/ or /ske.tɛ/	skatais /skɛ.tɛ/ or /ske.tɛ/	skatait /skɛ.tɛ/ or /ske.tɛ/	skations /skɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ske.tjɔ̃/	skatiez /skɛ.tje/ or /ske.tje/	skataient /skɛ.tɛ/ or /ske.tɛ/
	past historic2	skatai /skɛ.te/ or /ske.te/	skatas /skɛ.ta/ or /ske.ta/	skata /skɛ.ta/ or /ske.ta/	skatâmes /skɛ.tam/ or /ske.tam/	skatâtes /skɛ.tat/ or /ske.tat/	skatèrent /skɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ske.tɛʁ/
	future	skaterai /skɛ.tʁe/ or /ske.tʁe/	skateras /skɛ.tʁa/ or /ske.tʁa/	skatera /skɛ.tʁa/ or /ske.tʁa/	skaterons /skɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ske.tʁɔ̃/	skaterez /skɛ.tʁe/ or /ske.tʁe/	skateront /skɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ske.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	skaterais /skɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ske.tʁɛ/	skaterais /skɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ske.tʁɛ/	skaterait /skɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ske.tʁɛ/	skaterions /skɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ske.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	skateriez /skɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ske.tə.ʁje/	skateraient /skɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ske.tʁɛ/
(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	skate /skɛt/	skates /skɛt/	skate /skɛt/	skations /skɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ske.tjɔ̃/	skatiez /skɛ.tje/ or /ske.tje/	skatent /skɛt/
	imperfect2	skatasse /skɛ.tas/ or /ske.tas/	skatasses /skɛ.tas/ or /ske.tas/	skatât /skɛ.ta/ or /ske.ta/	skatassions /skɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ske.ta.sjɔ̃/	skatassiez /skɛ.ta.sje/ or /ske.ta.sje/	skatassent /skɛ.tas/ or /ske.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	skate /skɛt/	—	skatons /skɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ske.tɔ̃/	skatez /skɛ.te/ or /ske.te/	—
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).

Derived terms

• skateur

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skater m (definite singular skateren, indefinite plural skatere, definite plural skaterne)

1. a skater (skateboarder)

Noun

skater m

1. indefinite plural of skate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skater f

1. indefinite plural of skate

Spanish

Noun

skater m (plural skaters or skater)

1. skater, skateboarder