Phrase guide

roller skate

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To skate using roller skates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skate

4

verb

Meaning 4

travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skate

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جزمة باتيناچ (gazmat batinaj) — a boot having small wheels
  • Azerbaijani: diyircək — a boot having small wheels
  • Bulgarian: ролери (roleri) — a boot having small wheels
  • Bulgarian: ролкови кънки (rolkovi kǎnki) — a boot having small wheels
  • Catalan: patí de rodes — a boot having small wheels
  • Chinese Cantonese: roller鞋 (lou1 laa2 haai4) — a boot having small wheels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪滑冰鞋 /轮滑冰鞋 (lúnhuá bīngxié) — a boot having small wheels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旱冰鞋 (hànbīngxié) — a boot having small wheels
  • Dutch: rolschaats — a boot having small wheels
  • Esperanto: rulsketilo — a boot having small wheels
  • Esperanto: rulŝuo — a boot having small wheels
  • Finnish: rullaluistin — a boot having small wheels
  • French: patin à roulettes — a boot having small wheels
  • German: Rollschuh — a boot having small wheels
  • Greek: πατίνι (patíni) — a boot having small wheels
  • Hindi: रोलर स्केट (rolar skeṭ) — a boot having small wheels
  • Hungarian: görkorcsolya — a boot having small wheels
  • Icelandic: hjólaskauti — a boot having small wheels
  • Indonesian: sepatu roda — a boot having small wheels
  • Japanese: ローラースケート (rōrāsukēto) — a boot having small wheels
  • Korean: 롤러 스케이트 (rolleo seukeiteu) — a boot having small wheels
  • Luxembourgish: Rollschong — a boot having small wheels
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rulleskøyte — a boot having small wheels
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rulleskøyte — a boot having small wheels
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rulleskeise — a boot having small wheels
  • Persian: رولر اسکیت (roler-e eskeyt) — a boot having small wheels
  • Persian: اسکیترولر (eskeyt-roler) — a boot having small wheels
  • Polish: wrotka — a boot having small wheels
  • Polish: rolka — a boot having small wheels
  • Polish: łyżworolka — a boot having small wheels
  • Portuguese: patim — a boot having small wheels
  • Portuguese: roller — a boot having small wheels
  • Russian: ро́лик (rólik) — a boot having small wheels
  • Russian: ро́лики (róliki) — a boot having small wheels
  • Russian: ро́ликовый конёк (rólikovyj konjók) — a boot having small wheels
  • Russian: ро́ликовые коньки́ (rólikovyje konʹkí) — a boot having small wheels
  • Serbo-Croatian: koturaljka — a boot having small wheels
  • Spanish: patín — a boot having small wheels
  • Spanish: patín de ruedas — a boot having small wheels
  • Swedish: rullskridsko — a boot having small wheels
  • Tibetan: འཁོར་ཤུར་ལྷམ་གོག ('khor shur lham gog) — a boot having small wheels
  • Turkish: paten — a boot having small wheels
  • Volapük: luibilasket — a boot having small wheels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪滑 /轮滑 (lúnhuá) — to skate using roller skates
  • Dutch: rolschaatsen — to skate using roller skates
  • Finnish: rullaluistella — to skate using roller skates
  • Hindi: रोलर स्केट (rolar skeṭ) — to skate using roller skates
  • Hungarian: görkorcsolyázik — to skate using roller skates
  • Japanese: ローラースケートをする (rōrāsukēto o suru) — to skate using roller skates
  • Korean: 롤러 스케이트를 타다 (rolleo seukeiteu-reul tada) — to skate using roller skates
  • Polish: jeździć na rolkach — to skate using roller skates
  • Portuguese: patinar — to skate using roller skates
  • Russian: ката́ться на ро́ликах (katátʹsja na rólikax) — to skate using roller skates
  • Volapük: luibilasketön — to skate using roller skates