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skateboarder

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who rides a skateboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who skates on a skateboard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: skater

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English skateboard Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English skateboarder From skateboard + -er.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: المُتَزَلِج (almutazalij) — someone who skateboards
  • Esperanto: rultabulisto — someone who skateboards
  • French: planchiste — someone who skateboards
  • French: skateur — someone who skateboards
  • French: skateuse — someone who skateboards
  • French: skateboardeur — someone who skateboards
  • French: skateboardeuse — someone who skateboards
  • German: Skateboarder — someone who skateboards
  • German: Skateboarderin — someone who skateboards
  • Icelandic: hjólabrettamaður — someone who skateboards
  • Italian: skater — someone who skateboards
  • Māori: kaieke papawīra — someone who skateboards
  • Polish: skateboardzista — someone who skateboards
  • Polish: deskorolkarz — someone who skateboards
  • Scots: skatebuirder — someone who skateboards
  • Scottish Gaelic: neach-spèileabord — someone who skateboards
  • Spanish: monopatinador — someone who skateboards
  • Spanish: skater — someone who skateboards
  • Swedish: skejtare — someone who skateboards
  • Swedish: skateboardåkare — someone who skateboards
  • Turkish: kaykaycı — someone who skateboards
  • Welsh: sgrialwr — someone who skateboards
  • Welsh: sglefrfyrddiwr — someone who skateboards
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