skater

See also: Skater

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

skate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

skater (plural skaters)

  1. A person who skates.
  2. A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
  3. (ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.
  4. Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations
insect — see water strider

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

From English skater.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /es̺kei̯ter/ [es̺.kei̯.t̪er]
  • Rhymes: -ei̯ter

Noun

skater anim

  1. skateboarder

Declension
Declension of skater (animate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive skater skater-a skater-ak
ergative skater-ek skater-ak skater-ek
dative skater-i skater-ari skater-ei
genitive skater-en skater-aren skater-en
comitative skater-ekin skater-arekin skater-ekin
causative skater-engatik skater-arengatik skater-engatik
benefactive skater-entzat skater-arentzat skater-entzat
instrumental skater-ez skater-az skater-ez
inessive skater-engan skater-arengan skater-engan
locative — — —
allative skater-engana skater-arengana skater-engana
terminative skater-enganaino skater-arenganaino skater-enganaino
directive skater-enganantz skater-arenganantz skater-enganantz
destinative skater-enganako skater-arenganako skater-enganako
ablative skater-engandik skater-arengandik skater-engandik
partitive skater-ik — —
prolative skater-tzat — —

Further reading
  • "skater" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

French

Etymology

From English to skate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skɛ.te/, /ske.te/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

skater

  1. to skateboard

Conjugation
Conjugation of skater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple skater
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple skatant
/skɛ.tɑ̃/ or /ske.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle skaté
/skɛ.te/ or /ske.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present skate
/skɛt/		 skates
/skɛt/		 skate
/skɛt/		 skatons
/skɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ske.tɔ̃/		 skatez
/skɛ.te/ or /ske.te/		 skatent
/skɛt/
imperfect skatais
/skɛ.tɛ/ or /ske.tɛ/		 skatais
/skɛ.tɛ/ or /ske.tɛ/		 skatait
/skɛ.tɛ/ or /ske.tɛ/		 skations
/skɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ske.tjɔ̃/		 skatiez
/skɛ.tje/ or /ske.tje/		 skataient
/skɛ.tɛ/ or /ske.tɛ/
past historic2 skatai
/skɛ.te/ or /ske.te/		 skatas
/skɛ.ta/ or /ske.ta/		 skata
/skɛ.ta/ or /ske.ta/		 skatâmes
/skɛ.tam/ or /ske.tam/		 skatâtes
/skɛ.tat/ or /ske.tat/		 skatèrent
/skɛ.tɛʁ/ or /ske.tɛʁ/
future skaterai
/skɛ.tʁe/ or /ske.tʁe/		 skateras
/skɛ.tʁa/ or /ske.tʁa/		 skatera
/skɛ.tʁa/ or /ske.tʁa/		 skaterons
/skɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ske.tʁɔ̃/		 skaterez
/skɛ.tʁe/ or /ske.tʁe/		 skateront
/skɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ske.tʁɔ̃/
conditional skaterais
/skɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ske.tʁɛ/		 skaterais
/skɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ske.tʁɛ/		 skaterait
/skɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ske.tʁɛ/		 skaterions
/skɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ske.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 skateriez
/skɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ske.tə.ʁje/		 skateraient
/skɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ske.tʁɛ/
(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 skate
/skɛt/		 skates
/skɛt/		 skate
/skɛt/		 skations
/skɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /ske.tjɔ̃/		 skatiez
/skɛ.tje/ or /ske.tje/		 skatent
/skɛt/
imperfect2 skatasse
/skɛ.tas/ or /ske.tas/		 skatasses
/skɛ.tas/ or /ske.tas/		 skatât
/skɛ.ta/ or /ske.ta/		 skatassions
/skɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ske.ta.sjɔ̃/		 skatassiez
/skɛ.ta.sje/ or /ske.ta.sje/		 skatassent
/skɛ.tas/ or /ske.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — skate
/skɛt/		 — skatons
/skɛ.tɔ̃/ or /ske.tɔ̃/		 skatez
/skɛ.te/ or /ske.te/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

skater m (definite singular skateren, indefinite plural skatere, definite plural skaterne)

  1. a skater (skateboarder)

Noun

skater m

  1. indefinite plural of skate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

skater f

  1. indefinite plural of skate

Spanish

Noun

skater m (plural skaters or skater)

  1. skater, skateboarder
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