kayak

Alternative forms

• kaiak, kiack, kyack, kyak, qayaq, kayack

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪˌæk/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

kayak (plural kayaks)

1. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck

Verb

kayak (third-person singular simple present kayaks, present participle kayaking, simple past and past participle kayaked)

1. (intransitive) To use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.

   Kayaking is an Olympic sport.

2. (transitive) To traverse a body of water by kayak.

   On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

Anagrams

• yakka

Etymology

From English kayak, borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qyaq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun

kayak

1. a kayak

Noun

kayak

1. to ride a kayak

Noun

kayak

1. kayak

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Alternative forms

• kayac (rare)

Etymology

From Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.jak/
• Homophone: kayaks
• Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. kayak

Further reading

• “kayak” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• cayac, caiaco (rare)

Etymology

Inuktitut (Inuvialuktun) ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “man's boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈjak/
• Hyphenation: ka‧yàk

Noun

kayak m (invariable)

1. kayak

Etymology

Borrowed from English kayak.

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. (Jersey) kayak

Alternative forms

• kayac, cayac

Noun

kayak m (plural kayaks)

1. kayak

Etymology

From kaymak.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧yak

Noun

kayak (definite accusative kayağı, plural kayaklar)

1. ski

Noun

kayak (plural kayaks)

1. kayak