Standard Lemma guide

skateboard

noun · verb · 5 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 narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: recreation

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • She's been riding skateboards since she was eight years old.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: board

2

noun

Meaning 2

A skateboard vehicle chassis: A chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (i.e. batteries), forming the vehicular base; an instance of this format.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Examples

  • A new crossover model will arrive next year and will be based on an existing skateboard.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To use a skateboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: board, wheeled vehicle

5

verb

Meaning 5

ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skate

History

Etymology

From skate + board. The foot-treadable skateboard sense (noun sense 1) came first (mid-20th century). The vehicle chassis sense (noun sense 2) was named for its resemblance thereto (late 20th or early 21st century).

Across languages

Translations

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: skaatsplank — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Arabic: لَوْح اَلتَّزَلُّج (lawḥ at-tazalluj) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Arabic: سكيتبورد (skītbūrd) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Armenian: սքեյթբորդ (skʻeytʻbord) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Armenian: սքեյթ (skʻeytʻ) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Belarusian: скейтбо́рд (skjejtbórd) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Breton: plankenn-ruilh — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Bulgarian: скейтборд (skejtbord) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Catalan: monopatí — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Chinese Cantonese: 滑板 (waat6 baan2) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑板 (huábǎn) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Cornish: rostell — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Czech: skateboard — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Dutch: skateboard — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Esperanto: rultabulo — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Estonian: rula — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Faroese: rullifjøl — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Faroese: rennifjøl — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Finnish: skeittilauta — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Finnish: skede — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Finnish: rullalauta — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • French: planche à roulettes — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • French: skateboard — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • French: skate — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Galician: monopatín — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Georgian: სკეიტბორდი (sḳeiṭbordi) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • German: Skateboard — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Greek: σκέιτμπορντ (skéitmpornt) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Hawaiian: papa huila — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Hebrew: סקייטבורד (skeitbord) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Hindi: स्केटबोर्ड (skeṭborḍ) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Hungarian: gördeszka — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Icelandic: hjólabretti — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Indonesian: papan luncur — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Irish: clár scátála — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Italian: skateboard — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Italian: tavola a rotelle — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Italian: tavola da skate — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Italian: rollopattino — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Japanese: スケートボード (sukētobōdo) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Kazakh: скейтборд (skeitbord) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Korean: 스케이트보드 (seukeiteubodeu) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Latin: tabula subrotata — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Latvian: skrituļdēlis — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Lithuanian: riedlentė — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Macedonian: скејтборд (skejtbord) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Malay: ڤاڤن لونچور — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Malay: papan luncur — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Malay: papan selaju — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Malay: papan roda — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Māori: papawīra — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Central Melanau: asok jului — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Mongolian: мод (mod) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Norman: plianche à rouôlettes — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Norwegian: rullebrett — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Occitan: monopatin — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Persian: تختهاسکیت (taxte-eskeyt) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Persian: اسکیتبورد (eskeyt-bord) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Polish: deskorolka — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Polish: deska — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Portuguese: skate — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Portuguese: esqueite — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Russian: скейтбо́рд (skejtbórd) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Russian: скейт (skejt) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Sardinian: patinetta — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Scots: skatebuird — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Scots: skeitchbuird — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Serbo-Croatian: скејтборд — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Serbo-Croatian: skejtbord — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Slovak: skejtbord — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Slovene: rolka — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Spanish: monopatín — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Spanish: patineta — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Spanish: skate — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Swedish: skateboard — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Swedish: rullbräda — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Swedish: bräda — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Thai: สเกตบอร์ด (sà-gét-bɔ̀ɔt) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Tigrinya: መንሻተቲ ጣውላ (mänšatäti ṭawla) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Turkish: kaykay — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Ukrainian: скейтбо́рд (skejtbórd) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Vietnamese: ván trượt — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Welsh: bwrdd sgrialu — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Yiddish: סקייטבאָרד (skeytbord) — sports/recreation platform on wheels
  • Cornish: rostella — to use a skateboard
  • Dutch: skateboarden — to use a skateboard
  • Esperanto: rultabulumi — to use a skateboard
  • Finnish: skeitata — to use a skateboard
  • Finnish: skedettää — to use a skateboard
  • Finnish: rullalautailla — to use a skateboard
  • French: skater — to use a skateboard
  • French: faire du skate — to use a skateboard
  • German: skateboarden — to use a skateboard
  • Hungarian: gördeszkázik — to use a skateboard
  • Icelandic: skeita — to use a skateboard
  • Irish: clárscátáil — to use a skateboard
  • Māori: eke papawīra — to use a skateboard
  • Polish: jechać na deskorolce — to use a skateboard
  • Polish: jeździć na deskorolce — to use a skateboard
  • Portuguese: andar de skate — to use a skateboard
  • Swedish: åka skateboard — to use a skateboard
  • Swedish: skateboarda — to use a skateboard
  • Swedish: skejta — to use a skateboard
  • Swedish: åka bräda — to use a skateboard
  • Turkish: kaykay yapmak — to use a skateboard
  • Welsh: sgrialu — to use a skateboard
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