noun
Meaning 1
A person who skates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
skater
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
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UK: /ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A skateboarder.
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noun
Meaning 3
A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
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noun
Meaning 4
A player who is not a goaltender.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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noun
Meaning 5
Synonym of water strider.
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Synonyms: water strider
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noun
Meaning 6
A shipper of Sawyer and Kate from the television series Lost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 7
someone who skates
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: athlete, jock
Narrower terms: ice-skater, roller-skater, skateboarder
History
Etymology
From skate + -er.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: patinator — person who skates
- Arabic: مُتَزَلِّج (mutazallij) — person who skates
- Armenian: չմշկորդ (čʻmškord) — person who skates
- Azerbaijani: konkisürən — person who skates
- Belarusian: канькабе́жац (kanʹkabjéžac) — person who skates
- Belarusian: канькабе́жка (kanʹkabjéžka) — person who skates
- Bulgarian: кънкьо́р (kǎnkjór) — person who skates
- Bulgarian: кънкьо́рка (kǎnkjórka) — person who skates
- Chinese Mandarin: 溜冰者 (liūbīngzhě) — person who skates
- Chinese Mandarin: 滑冰者 (huábīngzhě) — person who skates
- Czech: bruslař — person who skates
- Czech: bruslařka — person who skates
- Danish: skøjteløber — person who skates
- Dutch: schaatser — person who skates
- Dutch: skater — person who skates
- Estonian: uisutaja — person who skates
- Finnish: luistelija — person who skates
- French: patineur — person who skates
- French: patineuse — person who skates
- French: skateur — person who skates
- French: skateuse — person who skates
- Georgian: მოციგურავე (mocigurave) — person who skates
- German: Schlittschuhläufer — person who skates
- German: Schlittschuhläuferin — person who skates
- German: Eisläufer — person who skates
- German: Eisläuferin — person who skates
- Greek: παγοδρόμος (pagodrómos) — person who skates
- Hungarian: korcsolyázó — person who skates
- Hungarian: jégkorcsolyázó — person who skates
- Hungarian: görkorcsolyázó — person who skates
- Hungarian: gördeszkás — person who skates
- Icelandic: skautahlaupari — person who skates
- Italian: pattinatore — person who skates
- Italian: pattinatrice — person who skates
- Japanese: スケートをする人 (sukēto o suru hito) — person who skates
- Japanese: スケーター (sukētā) — person who skates
- Kazakh: конькиші (konkişı) — person who skates
- Korean: 스케이트를 타는 사람 (seukeiteu-reul taneun saram) — person who skates
- Latvian: slidotājs — person who skates
- Lithuanian: čiuožėjas — person who skates
- Macedonian: лизгач (lizgač) — person who skates
- Macedonian: лизгачка (lizgačka) — person who skates
- Norwegian Bokmål: skøyteløper — person who skates
- Persian: اسکیتسوار (eskeyt-savâr) — person who skates
- Persian: اسکیتباز (eskeyt-bâz) — person who skates
- Polish: łyżwiarz — person who skates
- Polish: łyżwiarka — person who skates
- Portuguese: patinador — person who skates
- Romanian: patinator — person who skates
- Romanian: patinatoare — person who skates
- Russian: конькобе́жец (konʹkobéžec) — person who skates
- Russian: конькобе́жка (konʹkobéžka) — person who skates
- Serbo-Croatian: клѝза̄ч — person who skates
- Serbo-Croatian: клиза̀чица — person who skates
- Serbo-Croatian: klìzāč — person who skates
- Serbo-Croatian: klizàčica — person who skates
- Slovak: korčuliar — person who skates
- Slovak: korčuliarka — person who skates
- Slovene: drsalec — person who skates
- Slovene: drsalka — person who skates
- Spanish: patinador — person who skates
- Spanish: patinadora — person who skates
- Swedish: skrinnare — person who skates
- Swedish: skridskoåkare — person who skates
- Swedish: skatare — person who skates
- Tajik: конкитоз (konkitoz) — person who skates
- Thai: นักสเกต (nák-sà-gét) — person who skates
- Turkish: patenci — person who skates
- Ukrainian: ковзаня́р (kovzanjár) — person who skates
- Ukrainian: ковзаня́рка (kovzanjárka) — person who skates
- Ukrainian: конькобі́жець (konʹkobížecʹ) — person who skates
- Ukrainian: конькобі́жка (konʹkobížka) — person who skates
- Uzbek: konʼkichi — person who skates
- Vietnamese: người trượt băng — person who skates
- Volapük: sketan — person who skates
- Volapük: hisketan — person who skates
- Volapük: jisketan — person who skates
- Volapük: luibilasketan — person who skates
- Volapük: luibilahisketan — person who skates
- Volapük: luibilajisketan — person who skates
- Volapük: gladajukan — person who skates
- Volapük: gladahijukan — person who skates
- Volapük: gladajijukan — person who skates
- Bulgarian: скейтборди́ст (skejtbordíst) — member of skateboarding subculture
- Bulgarian: скейтборди́стка (skejtbordístka) — member of skateboarding subculture
- Esperanto: rultabulisto — member of skateboarding subculture
- Finnish: skeittari — member of skateboarding subculture
- Polish: skejt — member of skateboarding subculture
- Portuguese: skatista — member of skateboarding subculture
- Russian: скейтборди́ст (skejtbordíst) — member of skateboarding subculture
- Russian: скейтборди́стка (skejtbordístka) — member of skateboarding subculture
- Turkish: kaykaycı — member of skateboarding subculture
- Finnish: kenttäpelaaja — ice hockey: player other than goaltender
- German: Feldspieler — ice hockey: player other than goaltender
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