karate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kə-räʹti, IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑː.ti/, /kəˈɹɑː.teɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːti
Noun
karate (uncountable)
- An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
Related terms
- karaoke
- karateka
Translations
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Verb
karate (third-person singular simple present karates, present participle karateing, simple past and past participle karated)
- (transitive, informal) To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.
Anagrams
- ektara
Afrikaans
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
karate (uncountable)
- karate
Derived terms
- karatefederasie
- karatehou
- karatekampioen
- karatekampioenskap
- karateklub
- karatepak
- karatespan
- karatetegniek
Related terms
- karateka
- kata
- kihon
- kumite
- sensei
Czech
Noun
karate n
- karate
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 空手.
Noun
karate
- karate
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | karate | karaten | karate | karateene |
genitive | karates | karatens | karates | karateenes |
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaːˈraː.tə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧te
- Rhymes: -aːtə
Noun
karate n or m (uncountable)
- karate (Japanese martial art)
Derived terms
- karateka
- karateslag
- karatetrap
Finnish
Etymology
From Japanese 空手 (karate).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑrɑte/, [ˈkɑrɑt̪e̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑrɑte
- Syllabification(key): ka‧ra‧te
Noun
karate
- (martial arts) karate
Declension
Inflection of karate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | karate | — | |
genitive | karaten | — | |
partitive | karatea | — | |
illative | karateen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | karate | — | |
accusative | nom. | karate | — |
gen. | karaten | ||
genitive | karaten | — | |
partitive | karatea | — | |
inessive | karatessa | — | |
elative | karatesta | — | |
illative | karateen | — | |
adessive | karatella | — | |
ablative | karatelta | — | |
allative | karatelle | — | |
essive | karatena | — | |
translative | karateksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | karatetta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of karate (type nalle) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | karateni | karatemme |
2nd person | karatesi | karatenne |
3rd person | karatensa |
Anagrams
- kaaret, kertaa, ketara, ratkea, trakea
Icelandic
Etymology
From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːratɛː/
Noun
karate n (genitive singular karates, no plural)
- karate
Indonesian
Etymology
From Japanese 空手 (karate, literally “the state of being empty-handed”), from earlier 唐手 (karate, literally “Tang Dynasty; China+ hand”), from Okinawan 唐手 (トゥーディー, tūdī, “empty hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ra.te/
- Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧té
Noun
karaté
- (sports, martial arts) karate; an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting
Related terms
- karategi
- karateka
Further reading
- “karate” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
karate
- Rōmaji transcription of からて
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Japanese 空手, via English karate.
Noun
karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)
- karate
References
- “karate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “karate” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Japanese 空手, via English karate.
Noun
karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)
- karate
References
- “karate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈra.tɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -atɛ
- Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te
Noun
karate n (indeclinable)
- karate
Related terms
- karateka
Further reading
- karate in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- karate in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French karaté.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈra.te/
Noun
karate n (uncountable)
- karate
Declension
singular | ||
---|---|---|
n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) karate | karateul |
genitive/dative | (unui) karate | karateului |
vocative | karateule |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).
Noun
karàte m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те)
- karate
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | karate | karatei |
genitive | karatea | karatea |
dative | karateu | karateima |
accusative | karate | karatee |
vocative | karateu / karatee | karatei |
locative | karateu | karateima |
instrumental | karateom | karateima |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
karate (Cyrillic spelling карате)
- second-person plural present of karati
Spanish
Alternative forms
kárate
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾate/ [kaˈɾa.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ate
- Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te
Noun
karate m (uncountable)
- (martial arts) karate
Hypernyms
- deporte de combate
Further reading
- “karate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
karate (n class, plural karate)
- karate
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish karate or English karate, from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧te
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾate/, [kɐˈɾa.te]
Noun
karáte
- (martial arts) karate
Derived terms
- karatihin
- kumarate
- magkarate
Further reading
- “karate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: I - l - Part 4, page 78