skate
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skeɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪt
- Hyphenation: skate
Alternative forms
- skait (archaic)
Etymology 1
Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).
Noun
skate (plural skates)
- 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.
- Abbreviation of ice skate.
- Abbreviation of roller skate.
- The act of skateboarding
- There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
- The act of roller skating or ice skating
- The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
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Verb
skate (third-person singular simple present skates, present participle skating, simple past and past participle skated)
- To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
- To skateboard.
- (skiing) To use the skating technique.
- (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
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Adjective
skate (not comparable)
- (skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.
Etymology 2
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)
- 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.
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Etymology 3
Unknown.
Noun
skate (plural skates)
- A worn-out horse.
- A mean or contemptible person.
Derived terms
- cheapskate
- labor skate
Further reading
- skate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Keast, Keats, Skeat, Stake, kates, ketas, stake, steak, takes, teaks
Dutch
Etymology
From English skate, back-formed from Dutch schaats.
Pronunciation
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Noun
skate m (plural skates, diminutive skateje n)
- inline skate
Derived terms
- skaten
Verb
skate
- first-person singular present indicative of skaten
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of skaten
- imperative of skaten
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
skate m (plural skates)
- a skateboard
Verb
skate
- inflection of skater:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “skate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
skate
- inflection of skaten:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Latvian
Etymology
From skat(īt) (“to see, look”) + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [skatɛ]
Noun
skate f (5th declension)
- 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
- inspection, survey, review (syn. apskate)
- tarifikācijas skate ― classification, ranking review
- iziet skati ― to pass the scrutiny, test, inspection
Declension
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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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
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse skata.
Noun
skate m (definite singular skaten, indefinite plural skater, definite plural skatene)
- a skate (a fish)
- a dried tree without branches
References
- “skate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse skata.
Noun
skate f (definite singular skata, indefinite plural skater, definite plural skatene)
- a skate (a fish)
References
- “skate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- esqueite (Brazilian, uncommon)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English skate.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈskej.t͡ʃi/ [ˈskeɪ̯.t͡ʃi], /isˈkej.t͡ʃi/ [isˈkeɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈskej.t͡ʃi/ [ˈskeɪ̯.t͡ʃi], /iʃˈkej.t͡ʃi/ [iʃˈkeɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈskej.te/ [ˈskeɪ̯.te], /isˈkej.te/ [isˈkeɪ̯.te]
Noun
skate m (plural skates)
- skateboard (small platform on wheels)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English skate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkeit/ [esˈkei̯t̪]
- Rhymes: -eit
Noun
skate m (plural skates)
- skating, skateboarding
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.