skier

See also: Skier and skiër

English

Etymology 1

ski +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːə(ɹ)

Noun

skier (plural skiers)

1. One who skis.

Translations

someone who practices skiing

• Catalan: esquiador m, esquiadora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑雪者 (huáxuězhě)

• Czech: lyžař (cs) m
• Danish: skiløber (da) c, skiløberske c
• Dutch: skiër (nl) m, skiester (nl) f
• Esperanto: skiisto, (female) skiistino
• Finnish: hiihtäjä (fi)
• French: skieur (fr) m, skieuse (fr) f
• German: Skifahrer (de) m, Skifahrerin (de) f, Schifahrer (de) m, Schifahrerin (de) f, Schiläufer m, Schiläuferin f, Skiläufer (de) m, Skiläuferin (de) f
• Greek: σκιέρ (el) m or f (skiér)
• Hungarian: síelő (hu)
• Icelandic: skíðamaður m
• Italian: sciatore (it) m, sciatrice (it) f
• Japanese: スキーヤー (ja) (sukīyā), スキーをする人 (sukī o suru hito)
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• Maori: kairetiwai (on water), kairerehuka (on snow), kairetireti huka (on snow)
• Mongolian: цаначин (mn) (canačin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skiløper (no) m, skiløperske m or f, skigåer m

  Nynorsk: skilaupar m, skiløpar m, skiløypar m

• Polish: narciarz (pl) m, narciarka (pl) f
• Portuguese: esquiador (pt) m, esquiadora f
• Romanian: schior (ro) m, schioară (ro) f
• Russian: лы́жник (ru) m (lýžnik), лы́жница (ru) f (lýžnica)
• Serbo-Croatian: skìjāš (sh) m, skijàšica (sh) f, скијаш m, скијашица f
• Spanish: esquiador (es), esquiadora f
• Swedish: skidåkare (sv) c, skidåkerska (sv) c
• Thai: นักสกี (nák-sà-gii)
• Turkish: kayakçı (tr)

Etymology 2

sky +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

skier (plural skiers)

1. (cricket) A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch.
   • 2002, Jeff Green, "New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo:

     However, when Guha returned, she picked the wrong ball to pull and hit a skier to Charlotte Edwards.

   • 2012, Harry Pearson, "There's always a catch – unless it's me or Monty underneath the ball", The Guardian:

     The second thing I did my best to get out of was the unpleasant position Monty found himself in rather too often in Sri Lanka: standing under a skier in the deep.

Anagrams

• Keirs, Kiers, Kiser, Rikes, Riske, keirs, keris, kiers, siker

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skje/, /ski.e/

Verb

skier

1. to ski

Conjugation

Conjugation of skier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	skier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	skiant /skjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		skié /skje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	skie /ski/	skies /ski/	skie /ski/	skions /skjɔ̃/	skiez /skje/	skient /ski/
	imperfect	skiais /skjɛ/	skiais /skjɛ/	skiait /skjɛ/	skiions /ski.jɔ̃/	skiiez /ski.je/	skiaient /skjɛ/
	past historic2	skiai /skje/	skias /skja/	skia /skja/	skiâmes /skjam/	skiâtes /skjat/	skièrent /skjɛʁ/
	future	skierai /ski.ʁe/	skieras /ski.ʁa/	skiera /ski.ʁa/	skierons /ski.ʁɔ̃/	skierez /ski.ʁe/	skieront /ski.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	skierais /ski.ʁɛ/	skierais /ski.ʁɛ/	skierait /ski.ʁɛ/	skierions /ski.ʁjɔ̃/	skieriez /ski.ʁje/	skieraient /ski.ʁɛ/
(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	skie /ski/	skies /ski/	skie /ski/	skiions /ski.jɔ̃/	skiiez /ski.je/	skient /ski/
	imperfect2	skiasse /skjas/	skiasses /skjas/	skiât /skja/	skiassions /skja.sjɔ̃/	skiassiez /skja.sje/	skiassent /skjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	skie /ski/	—	skions /skjɔ̃/	skiez /skje/	—
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).

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ski

Noun

skier m or f

1. indefinite plural of ski

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skjɛr/

Noun

skier f

1. genitive plural of skra