ski
English
Etymology
From Norwegian ski, related to Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European root *skey- (“to cut, split”) (see also shed). Cognate with Old English sċid ("stick of wood"; > English shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skiː/
- (UK, rare) IPA(key): /ʃiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
ski (plural skis)
Derived terms
Terms derived from ski (noun)
Translations
one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
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one of a pair of long flat runners designed for being pulled by a boat over water
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Verb
ski (third-person singular simple present skis or skies, present participle skiing, simple past and past participle skied)
- (intransitive) To move on skis.
- (transitive) To travel over (a slope etc.) on skis; travel on skis at (a place), especially as a sport.
Translations
to move on skis
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Dutch
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ski/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
- après-ski
- saut à ski
- ski acrobatique
- ski alpin
- ski-bob
- ski de fond
- ski évolutif
- ski nautique
- ski nordique
- skiabilité
- skiable
- skier
- skieur
Further reading
- “ski” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse skíð
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiː/
Noun
ski m or f (definite singular skien or skia, indefinite plural ski or skier, definite plural skiene or skia)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse skíð
Derived terms
- skibakke
- skihopping
- skiidrett
- skilauping, skiløping
- skiløype
- skisenter
- skiskyting
- skispor
- skitrekk
- skitur
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse skíð.
Derived terms
- skibein n (“ski”)
- skibain m (“both skis and accessories”)
See also
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