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ice skating

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The act, or the sport, of skating on ice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

skating on ice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skating

Narrower terms: figure skating

History

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ysskaats — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Chinese Cantonese: 溜冰 (lau4 bing1) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 溜冰 (liūbīng) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑冰 (huábīng) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Czech: bruslení — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Dutch: schaatsen — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Esperanto: glitkurado — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Estonian: uisutamine — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Finnish: luistelu — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • French: patinage à glace — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • French: patinage — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • West-Frisian: reedriden — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Georgian: ციგურები (cigurebi) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • German: Eislauf — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • German: Eislaufen — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • German: Schlittschuhlaufen — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Greek: παγοδρομία (pagodromía) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Hungarian: korcsolyázás — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Hungarian: jégkorcsolyázás — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Japanese: アイススケート (aisu sukēto) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Japanese: スケーティング (sukētingu) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Japanese: スケート (sukēto) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Latvian: slidošana — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Latvian: daiļslidošana — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Mongolian: тэшүүрийн спорт (tešüüriin sport) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Persian: یخبازی (yax-bâzi) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Persian: پاتیناژ (pâtinâž) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Polish: łyżwiarstwo — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Portuguese: patinação no gelo — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Portuguese: patinagem no gelo — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Romanian: patinaj — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Romanian: patinare — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Russian: ката́ние на конька́х (katánije na konʹkáx) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Russian: конькобе́жный спорт (konʹkobéžnyj sport) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Slovak: korčuľovanie — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Swedish: skridskoåkning — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Tajik: яхбозӣ (yaxbozi) — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Turkish: buz pateni — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Vietnamese: trượt băng — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Welsh: sglefrio ar rew — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice
  • Welsh: sglefrio ar iâ — the act, or the sport, of skating on ice