jet ski

See also: jetski and jet-ski

English

Alternative forms

jetski, jet-ski

Etymology

Genericized trademark of Jet Ski. By surface analysis, jet +‎ ski.

Noun

jet ski (plural jet skis)

A small motorized watercraft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.
Synonyms: PWC, personal water craft, water scooter, aquabike, waverunner

Hypernym: watercraft
- 2006 October, “Gimme Fuel: High Octane Advise for Buying a Ski”, in Tracks magazine, page 154:
  "Jet ski" is actually Kawasaki's name for their PWC (personal water craft) models, but like hoovers and speedos has become genericised.

Translations

small motorized water craft

Arabic: دَرَّاجَة مَائِيَّة f (darrāja māʔiyya), جِيت سْكِي m (jīt skī)
Azerbaijani: su skuteri, su motosikleti
Belarusian: гідрацыкл m (hidracykl), водны матацыкл m (vódny matacykl)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 水上摩托 (seoi² soeng⁶ mo¹ tok³)

Mandarin: 水上摩托 (zh) (shuǐ shàng mó tuō), 水上摩托车 (zh) (shuǐ shàng mó tuō chē)
Danish: jetski c, vandscooter c
Dutch: jetski (nl) m
Finnish: vesiskootteri (fi)
French: jet ski (fr) m, motomarine (fr) f, moto aquatique f, scooter des mers (fr) m
German: Wassermotorrad (de) n
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: אוֹפַנּוֹעַ יָם (he) m (ofanóa' yam)
Hindi: जेट स्की (jeṭ skī)
Italian: moto d'acqua f, acquascooter (it) m, (uncommon) scooter acquatico m
Japanese: ジェットスキー (ja) (jettosukī)
Korean: 제트 스키 (jeteu seuki)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vannscooter m

Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can
Polish: skuter wodny m
Portuguese: jetski (pt) m
Russian: гидроци́кл (ru) m (gidrocíkl), водный мотоцикл (ru) m (vodnyj motocikl)
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: jet ski m, moto de agua f
Swedish: vattenskoter (sv)
Turkish: deniz motosikleti sg, deniz motoru (tr), su kızağı
Ukrainian: скутер m (skuter)
Urdu: please add this translation if you can

Verb

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

To ride on a jet ski.

Translations

to ride on a jet ski

Danish: stå på jetski, køre på vandscooter, sejle vandscooter
Dutch: jetskiën (nl)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjøre vannscooter

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