scooter

Etymology

From scoot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

Noun

scooter (plural scooters)

1. A kick scooter.
2. A small motor-powered bicycle of similar design, also motor scooter.
3. A mobility scooter, i.e. an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
4. Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
5. A type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for travelling over ice.

Verb

scooter (third-person singular simple present scooters, present participle scootering, simple past and past participle scootered)

1. To ride on a scooter.
   • 2005, October 24, Love Those Boomers‎:

     But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices […]

Anagrams

• Cooters, cooters

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsku.tər/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -utər

Noun

scooter

scooter m (plural scooters, diminutive scootertje n)

1. scooter

See also

• motorfiets

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sku.tœʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

scooter m (plural scooters)

1. scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)

Further reading

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsku.ter/, [ˈs̪kuːt̪er̺]
• Hyphenation: scoo‧ter

Noun

scooter m (invariable)

1. (vehicles) scooter, specifically:
   1. (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht, designed to travel over ice.
   2. motor scooter
   3. Short for acquascooter; water scooter

Anagrams

• costerò, cretoso, estorco, scoterò

Noun

scooter m (plural scooters or scooter)

1. scooter (vehicle)