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ice-skate

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Alternative form of ice skate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

to skate on ice, wearing ice skates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • She had ice-skated the entire lake.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ysskaats — skate on ice
  • Amharic: በረዶ ላይ መንሸራተትና (bärädo lay mänšäratätna) — skate on ice
  • Burmese: ရေခဲစကိတ်စီး (rehkai:ca.kitci:) — skate on ice
  • Czech: brusle — skate on ice
  • Estonian: uisutada — skate on ice
  • Finnish: luistella — skate on ice
  • French: patiner — skate on ice
  • Georgian: ციგურები (cigurebi) — skate on ice
  • German: eislaufen — skate on ice
  • German: Schlittschuh laufen — skate on ice
  • Greek: πατινάζ (patináz) — skate on ice
  • Gujarati: બરફ સ્કેટ (baraph skeṭ) — skate on ice
  • Hebrew: החלקה על הקרח — skate on ice
  • Hungarian: korcsolyázik — skate on ice
  • Hungarian: jégkorcsolyázik — skate on ice
  • Icelandic: skauta — skate on ice
  • Japanese: スケート靴 (sukēto kutsu) — skate on ice
  • Kazakh: коньки тебу (konki tebu) — skate on ice
  • Kyrgyz: муз-коньки (muz-konki) — skate on ice
  • Māori: reretio — skate on ice
  • Norman: patinner — skate on ice
  • Portuguese: patins de gelo — skate on ice
  • Punjabi: ਆਈਸ-ਸਕੇਟ (āīsa-sakeṭ) — skate on ice
  • Romanian: patina — skate on ice
  • Spanish: patinar — skate on ice
  • Tajik: ях-яхмолак (yax-yaxmolak) — skate on ice
  • Tamil: பனிச்சறுக்கு (paṉiccaṟukku) — skate on ice
  • Telugu: మంచు స్కేట్ (mañcu skēṭ) — skate on ice
  • Thai: ไอซ์สเก็ต — skate on ice
  • Tibetan: ཁྱགས་ཤུར་གློད (khyags shur glod) — skate on ice
  • Turkish: buz pateni — skate on ice
  • Urdu: آئس اسکیٹ (āis isket) — skate on ice
  • Vietnamese: giày trượt băng — skate on ice
  • Welsh: iâ sglefrio — skate on ice
  • Xhosa: isikeyithi sonkence — skate on ice
  • Yoruba: yinyin-siketi — skate on ice
  • Zulu: ayisi-isikeyiti — skate on ice