ski

ski

See also: Ski, -ski, and ски

English

Etymology

From Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”) (see also shed). Cognate with Old English sċīd (“stick of wood”) (Modern English shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skiː/

• Audio (UK)

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• (UK, rare) IPA^(key): /ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ski (plural skis)

1. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
2. (aviation) One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.

Derived terms

• jet ski
• over one's skis
• skier
• skiing
• ski jump
• ski lift
• ski pole
• ski resort
• ski school
• ski slope
• ski tow

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: スキー (sukī)
• → Korean: 스키 (seuki)
• → Okinawan: スキー
• → Thai: สกี (sà-gii)

Translations

one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow

Albanian: ski (sq) f Arabic: تَزَلُّج‎ m (tazalluj) Armenian: դահուկ (hy) (dahuk) Azerbaijani: xizək, xizəksürmə Bashkir: саңғы (saŋğı) Basque: eski (eu) Belarusian: лы́жа f (lýža) Bengali: স্কী (skī) Bulgarian: ска f (ska), ски (bg) f pl (ski) Burmese: နှင်းလျှောစီး (hnang:hlyau:ci:) Catalan: esquí (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 滑雪板 (waat6 syut3 baan2) Dungan: хуабан (huaban), хуабанзы (huabanzɨ) Mandarin: 雪板 (zh) (xuěbǎn), 滑雪板 (zh) (huáxuěbǎn) Chukchi: тигыт (tigyt), тэгыԓгын pl (tėgyḷgyn) Czech: lyže (cs) f Danish: ski (da) c Dolgan: каньыһар (kańıhar) Dutch: ski (nl) m Eastern Mari: ече (ječe) Erzya: сокс (soks) Esperanto: skio Estonian: suusk (et), suusad pl Faroese: skíð f Finnish: suksi (fi) French: ski (fr) m Galician: esquí m Georgian: თხილამური (txilamuri) German: Ski (de) m, Schi (de) m Greek: σκι (el) (ski), χιονοπέδιλο (el) n (chionopédilo) Hebrew: סקי‎ (ski) Hindi: स्की (skī) Hungarian: sí (hu) Icelandic: skíði (is) n, andri m, öndur m Ido: skio (io) Irish: scí m Italian: sci (it) m Japanese: スキー (ja) (sukī) Kazakh: шаңғы (kk) (şañğy) Khmer: ស្គី (skii) Komi-Zyrian: лызь (lyzʹ) Korean: 스키 (ko) (seuki) Kyrgyz: лыжа (lıja) Lao: ສະກີ (sa kī) Latin: narta f Latvian: slēpe f Lithuanian: slidė f Lule Sami: sabek Macedonian: скија f (skija) Maori: panunu Mari: Western Mari: ечӹ (ječÿ) Mongolian: цана (mn) (cana) Nepali: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: ski (no) m or f Nynorsk: ski f Okinawan: スキー (sukī) Persian: اسکی‎ (fa) (eski), پاچیله‎ (pāčīle), پاچله‎ (pāčele) Polish: narta (pl) f Portuguese: esqui (pt) m Romanian: schi (ro) n Russian: лы́жа (ru) f (lýža), лы́жи (ru) f pl (lýži) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ски̏ја f, смучка f Roman: skȉja (sh) f, smučka f Slovak: lyža f Slovene: smučka (sl) f, smuča f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: sněgak m Spanish: esquí (es) m Swedish: skida (sv) c Tagalog: eski Tajik: лижа (liža) Tatar: чаңгы (tt) (çañgı) Thai: สกี (th) (sà-gii) Tibetan: གངས་ཤུར་གཏོང་ཡག (gangs shur gtong yag) Tongan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kayak (tr) Turkmen: lyzha Ukrainian: ли́жа f (lýža) Urdu: سکی‎ (skī) Uzbek: changʻi (uz) Vietnamese: xki, ván trượt tuyết Volapük: skiy Welsh: sgi Yakut: хайыһар (xayıhar) Yiddish: נאַרטע‎ (narte)

one of a pair of long flat runners designed for being pulled by a boat over water

Maori: reti Polish: narta wodna f

Verb

ski (third-person singular simple present skis or skies, present participle skiing, simple past and past participle skied)

1. (intransitive) To move on skis.
2. (transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

   We spent the winter holidays skiing the Alps

Translations

move on skis

Basque: eskiatu (eu) Bulgarian: карам ски (karam ski) Catalan: esquiar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 滑雪 (zh) (huáxuě) Crimean Tatar: taymaq Czech: lyžovat (cs) Dutch: skiën (nl) Esperanto: skii, skikuri Estonian: suusatama Finnish: hiihtää (fi) (X-country), lasketella (fi) (downhill) French: skier (fr) Galician: esquiar (gl) German: Ski fahren, Schi fahren, Ski laufen, Schi laufen Greek: χιονοδρομώ (chionodromó) Hungarian: síel (hu) Icelandic: skíða Ido: skiagar (io), skikurar (io), skiglitar (io) Irish: sciáil Italian: sciare (it) Japanese: スキーをする (sukī o suru) Latin: narta f Latvian: slēpot Lombard: scïar Maori: reti, whakareti, whakaretireti, rerehuka, retireti Norwegian: Bokmål: gå på ski Nynorsk: gå på ski Occitan: esquiar Old Norse: skríða Polish: zjeżdżać na nartach, jeździć na nartach impf Portuguese: esquiar (pt) Romanian: schia (ro) Russian: ката́ться на лы́жах impf (katátʹsja na lýžax) Slovene: smučati Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: sněgakowaś Spanish: esquiar (es) Swedish: skida (sv) (especially going long distances - not necessarily downhill), åka skidor Tagalog: mag-eski Tongan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: kaymak (tr) Vietnamese: trượt tuyết (vi) Volapük: skiyön Welsh: sgio, sgïo (cy)

Anagrams

• KSI

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ski/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ski
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

Noun

ski m (plural ski's, diminutive skietje n)

1. ski

   Synonym: sneeuwschaats

Derived terms

• skiën
• waterski

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ski

1. first-person singular present indicative of skiën
2. imperative of skiën

Derived terms

• skilift
• skivakantie

 

Anagrams

• sik

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French

Etymology

From Norwegian ski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ski/

• Audio

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Noun

ski m (plural skis)

1. (countable) ski
2. (uncountable) skiing (sport)

   faire du ski ― go skiing

Derived terms

• après-ski
• ballet à ski
• saut à ski
• skiabilité
• skiable
• ski acrobatique
• ski alpin
• ski attelé
• ski-bob
• ski de fond
• skier
• skieur
• ski évolutif
• ski nautique
• ski nordique
• ski para-alpin
• ski paranordique
• station de ski

 

Descendants

• → Asturian: esquí
• → Catalan: esquí
• → Galician: esquí
• → Persian: اسکی‎ (eski)
• → Portuguese: esqui
• → Romanian: schi
• → Spanish: esquí
  • → Basque: eski
  • → Tagalog: eski

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ksi

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Middle English

Noun

ski

1. Alternative form of sky

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Norwegian ski.

Noun

ski m

1. skiing

References

• “ski” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish ski, itself borrowed from Norwegian ski, skid, from Old Norse skíð (“snowshoe, billet”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/

Noun

ski m or f (definite singular skien or skia, indefinite plural ski or skier, definite plural skiene or skia)

1. ski

   gå på ski (plural) ― to ski

Derived terms

• skibakke
• skigåer
• skigåing
• skihopper
• skihopping
• skiidrett
• skiløper
• skiløping
• skiløype
• skisenter
• skiskyting
• skispor
• skisted
• skitrekk
• skitur
• vannski

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: ski
• → Bulgarian: ски (ski)
• → Dutch: ski
• → English: ski
  • → Japanese: スキー (sukī)
  • → Korean: 스키 (seuki)
  • → Okinawan: スキー
  • → Thai: สกี (sà-gii)
• → French: ski
  • → Asturian: esquí
  • → Catalan: esquí
  • → Galician: esquí
  • → Persian: اسکی‎ (eski)
  • → Portuguese: esqui
  • → Romanian: schi
  • → Spanish: esquí
    • → Basque: eski
    • → Tagalog: eski
• → German: Ski, Schi
  • → Hungarian: sí
• → Greek: σκι (ski)
• → Hebrew: סקי‎ (ski)
• → Hindi: स्की (skī)
• → Italian: sci
• → Khmer: ស្គី (skii)
• → Ladino: schi
• → Lao: ສະກີ (sa kī)
• → Macedonian: скија (skija)
• → Mòcheno: ski
• → Portuguese: esqui
• → Serbo-Croatian: skija / скија
• → Urdu: سکی‎ (skī)
• → Vietnamese: xki
• → Welsh: sgi
• →⇒ Cimbrian: skin

References

• “ski” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skid (pre-1901)
• skjítt (dialectal, set)

Etymology

From Old Norse skíð n, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/, /sçiː/

Noun

ski f (definite singular skia, indefinite plural ski or skier, definite plural skia or skiene)

1. ski

   gå på ski (plural) ― to ski

Derived terms

• skibakke
• skigåing
• skihopping
• skiidrett
• skilauping
• skiløping
• skiløype
• skisenter
• skiskyting
• skispor
• skitrekk
• skitur

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: ski
• → Bulgarian: ски (ski)
• → Danish: ski
• → Dutch: ski
• → English: ski
  • → Japanese: スキー (sukī)
  • → Korean: 스키 (seuki)
  • → Okinawan: スキー
  • → Thai: สกี (sà-gii)
• → French: ski
  • → Asturian: esquí
  • → Catalan: esquí
  • → Galician: esquí
  • → Persian: اسکی‎ (eski)
  • → Portuguese: esqui
  • → Romanian: schi
  • → Spanish: esquí
    • → Basque: eski
    • → Tagalog: eski
• → German: Ski, Schi
  • → Hungarian: sí
• → Greek: σκι (ski)
• → Hebrew: סקי‎ (ski)
• → Hindi: स्की (skī)
• → Italian: sci
• → Khmer: ស្គី (skii)
• → Ladino: schi
• → Lao: ສະກີ (sa kī)
• → Macedonian: скија (skija)
• → Mòcheno: ski
• → Portuguese: esqui
• → Serbo-Croatian: skija / скија
• → Urdu: سکی‎ (skī)
• → Vietnamese: xki
• → Welsh: sgi
• →⇒ Cimbrian: skin

References

• “ski” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈski/

Noun

ski m (plural skis)

1. Alternative form of esqui

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skíð.

Noun

ski n

1. The left ski (right is called annar or ander).

Derived terms

• skibein n (“ski”)
• skibain m (“both skis and accessories”)

Etymology 2

Compare Icelandic skjár, Faroese skíggi.

Noun

ski f

1. Thin membrane between the meat and skin.

See also

• sjyen