skater
See also: Skater
English
Alternative forms
- sk8r (slang)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
skater (plural skaters)
- A person who skates.
- A skateboarder.
- A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
- (ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.
- Synonym of water strider.
Synonyms
- (in ice hockey): field player
- (insect): water strider
Derived terms
Translations
person who skates
|
member of skateboarding subculture
ice hockey: player other than goaltender
|
insect — see water strider
Anagrams
- Starke, Staker, tasker, Krastë, takers, strake, rakest, trakes, streak, Akters, retask, staker, tareks, Kaster, Tasker, sakret
Basque
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es̺kei̯ter/ [es̺.kei̯.t̪er]
- Rhymes: -ei̯ter, -er
Noun
skater anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | skater | skaterra | skaterrak | skaterrok |
| ergative | skaterrek | skaterrak | skaterrek | skaterrok |
| dative | skaterri | skaterrari | skaterrei | skaterroi |
| genitive | skaterren | skaterraren | skaterren | skaterron |
| comitative | skaterrekin | skaterrarekin | skaterrekin | skaterrokin |
| causative | skaterrengatik | skaterrarengatik | skaterrengatik | skaterrongatik |
| benefactive | skaterrentzat | skaterrarentzat | skaterrentzat | skaterrontzat |
| instrumental | skaterrez | skaterraz | skaterrez | skaterrotaz |
| innesive | skaterrengan | skaterrarengan | skaterrengan | skaterrongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | skaterrengana | skaterrarengana | skaterrengana | skaterrongana |
| terminative | skaterrenganaino | skaterrarenganaino | skaterrenganaino | skaterronganaino |
| directive | skaterrenganantz | skaterrarenganantz | skaterrenganantz | skaterronganantz |
| destinative | skaterrenganako | skaterrarenganako | skaterrenganako | skaterronganako |
| ablative | skaterrengandik | skaterrarengandik | skaterrengandik | skaterrongandik |
| partitive | skaterrik | — | — | — |
| prolative | skatertzat | — | — | — |
1. Optionally, case suffixes can be separated from the root with a hyphen.
Related terms
- skate (“skateboard”)
Further reading
- “skater”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɛ.te/ ~ /ske.te/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Verb
skater
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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)
- a skater (skateboarder)
Noun
skater m
- indefinite plural of skate
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
skater f
- indefinite plural of skate
Spanish
Noun
skater m (plural skaters or skater)