karate

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kə-räʹti, IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑː.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɑːti

Noun

karate (uncountable)

1. An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.

Verb

karate (third-person singular simple present karates, present participle karateing, simple past and past participle karated)

1. (transitive, informal) To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.

Anagrams

• ektara

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Noun

karate (uncountable)

1. karate

Noun

karate n

1. karate

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手.

Noun

karate

1. karate

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːratɛː/

Noun

karate n (genitive singular karates, no plural)

1. karate

Romanization

karate

1. Rōmaji transcription of からて

Etymology

From Japanese 空手 (karate)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈra.tɛ/

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Noun

karate n (indecl)

1. karate

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Noun

karàte m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те) (not inflected)

1. karate

Alternative forms

kárate

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “empty hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ˈɾa̠.te̞]

Noun

karate m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) karate