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.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
General-American:/ˈɹoʊlɚˌbleɪd/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:R OW1 L ER0 B L EY2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A roller skate with all wheels aligned in a single row along the sole, resembling an ice skate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To roller skate using rollerblades.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
(trademark) an in-line skate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: in-line skate
4
verb
Meaning 4
travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
you'd better wear a helmet and knee protectors when you Rollerblade!
The muscular actor loves to Rollerblade
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skate
History
Etymology
From Rollerblade, a trademark for a brand of inline skates, from roller + blade.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
patí en línia
— type of roller skate
Chinese Mandarin:
旱冰鞋
(hànbīngxié)
— type of roller skate
Czech:
inline brusle
— type of roller skate
Dutch:
skeeler
— type of roller skate
Esperanto:
vicradaj sketiloj
— type of roller skate
Finnish:
inline-luistin
— type of roller skate
Finnish:
rullaluistin
— type of roller skate
French:
roller
— type of roller skate
French:
patin en ligne
— type of roller skate
German:
Inlineskate
— type of roller skate
German:
Inliner
— type of roller skate
German:
Rollerblade
— type of roller skate
Greek:
τροχοπέδιλο
(trochopédilo)
— type of roller skate
Icelandic:
línuskauti
— type of roller skate
Irish:
rollóirí i líne
— type of roller skate
Italian:
pattino in linea
— type of roller skate
Japanese:
ローラーブレード
(rōrāburēdo)
— type of roller skate
Korean:
인라인 스케이트
(illain seukeiteu)
— type of roller skate
Latvian:
skrituļslidas
— type of roller skate
Macedonian:
ролери
(roleri)
— type of roller skate
Malay:
kasut roda
— type of roller skate
Polish:
rolka
— type of roller skate
Polish:
łyżworolka
— type of roller skate
Portuguese:
patins em linha
— type of roller skate
Portuguese:
rollerblade
— type of roller skate
Russian:
ро́ликовые коньки́
(rólikovyje konʹkí)
— type of roller skate
Russian:
одноря́дный ро́ликовый конёк
(odnorjádnyj rólikovyj konjók)
— type of roller skate
Slovak:
in-line korčule
— type of roller skate
Spanish:
patín en línea
— type of roller skate
Swedish:
inlines
— type of roller skate
Swedish:
rollerblades
— type of roller skate
Thai:
อินไลน์สเกต
(inlai sàgáyt)
— type of roller skate
Turkish:
tekerlekli paten
— type of roller skate
Chinese Mandarin:
滑旱冰
(huá hànbīng)
— to skate with rollerblades
Finnish:
rullaluistella
— to skate with rollerblades
Polish:
jeździć na rolkach
— to skate with rollerblades
Russian:
ката́ться на ро́ликах
(katátʹsja na rólikax)
— to skate with rollerblades
Russian:
ката́ться на ро́ликовых конька́х
(katátʹsja na rólikovyx konʹkáx)
— to skate with rollerblades
Swedish:
åka inlines
— to skate with rollerblades
Swedish:
åka rollerblades
— to skate with rollerblades
Swedish:
åka rullskridskor
— to skate with rollerblades
Turkish:
paten kaymak
— to skate with rollerblades
