skater

English

Etymology

skate +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

skater (plural skaters)

A person who skates.
A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
(ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.
Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

Synonyms

(in ice hockey): field player
(insect): water strider

Translations

person who skates

Chinese:
Mandarin: 溜冰者 (liūbīngzhě), 滑冰者 (huábīngzhě)
Czech: bruslař m, bruslařka (cs) f
Dutch: schaatser (nl) m, skater (nl) m
Finnish: luistelija (fi)
French: patineur (fr) m, patineuse (fr) f, skateur (fr) m, skateuse f (skateboard)
German: Schlittschuhläufer (de) m, Schlittschuhläuferin (de) f
Italian: pattinatore (it) m
Japanese: スケートをする人 (sukēto o suru hito), スケーター (ja) (sukētā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skøyteløper m

Persian: اسکیت‌سوار‎‎ (fa) (eskeyt-savâr), اسکیت‌باز‎‎ (eskeyt-bâz)
Polish: łyżwiarz (pl) m
Portuguese: patinador (pt) m
Russian: конькобе́жец (ru) m (konʹkobéžec), конькобе́жка (ru) f (konʹkobéžka)
Serbo-Croatian: klizač (sh) m, клизач m
Spanish: patinador m, patinadora (es) f
Swedish: skrinnare (sv) c, skridskoåkare (sv) c, skatare c (slang, mainly person who rollerskates)
Thai: นักสเกต (nák-sà-gét)
Volapük: (♂♀ ice) sketan (vo), (♂) hisketan, (♀) jisketan, (♂♀ roller) luibilasketan, (♂) luibilahisketan, (♀) luibilajisketan, (older term, ♂♀ ice) gladajukan, (♂) gladahijukan, (♀) gladajijukan

member of skateboarding subculture

Finnish: skeittari (fi)

Portuguese: skatista (pt) m, f

ice hockey: player other than goaltender

Finnish: kenttäpelaaja (fi)

German: Feldspieler m

insect — see water strider

Anagrams

Akters, Kaster, Staker, Starke, Tasker, retask, sakret, strake, streak, takers, tasker, trakes

French

Etymology

From English to skate.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /skɛ.te/

Verb

skater

to skateboard

Conjugation

Conjugation of skater (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		skater			avoir skaté
gerund		en skatant			en ayant skaté
present participle		skatant /skɛ.tɑ̃/
past participle		skaté /skɛ.te/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	skate /skɛt/	skates /skɛt/	skate /skɛt/	skatons /skɛ.tɔ̃/	skatez /skɛ.te/	skatent /skɛt/
	imperfect	skatais /skɛ.tɛ/	skatais /skɛ.tɛ/	skatait /skɛ.tɛ/	skations /skɛ.tjɔ̃/	skatiez /skɛ.tje/	skataient /skɛ.tɛ/
	past historic¹	skatai /skɛ.te/	skatas /skɛ.ta/	skata /skɛ.ta/	skatâmes /skɛ.tam/	skatâtes /skɛ.tat/	skatèrent /skɛ.tɛʁ/
	future	skaterai /skɛ.tʁe/	skateras /skɛ.tʁa/	skatera /skɛ.tʁa/	skaterons /skɛ.tʁɔ̃/	skaterez /skɛ.tʁe/	skateront /skɛ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	skaterais /skɛ.tʁɛ/	skaterais /skɛ.tʁɛ/	skaterait /skɛ.tʁɛ/	skaterions /skɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	skateriez /skɛ.tə.ʁje/	skateraient /skɛ.tʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	skate /skɛt/	skates /skɛt/	skate /skɛt/	skations /skɛ.tjɔ̃/	skatiez /skɛ.tje/	skatent /skɛt/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	skatasse /skɛ.tas/	skatasses /skɛ.tas/	skatât /skɛ.ta/	skatassions /skɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/	skatassiez /skɛ.ta.sje/	skatassent /skɛ.tas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	skate /skɛt/	—	skatons /skɛ.tɔ̃/	skatez /skɛ.te/	—
¹literary tenses

Derived terms

skateur

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)

skater, skateboarder

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