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ski

noun · verb · 7 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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  • skē
  • UK, rare: shē
  • /skiː/
  • UK, rare: /ʃiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iː
  • CMU ARPABET: S K IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A trip made by skiing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to go for a ski

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To move on skis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • We spent the winter holidays skiing the Alps

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: runner

Narrower terms: water ski

7

verb

Meaning 7

move along on skis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We love to ski the Rockies
  • My children don't ski

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

Narrower terms: wedel, hot-dog, schuss, slalom, water ski

History

Etymology

From Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”) (see also shed). Cognate with Old English sċīd (“stick of wood”) (modern shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

Across languages

Translations

168 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Arabic: تَزَلُّج (tazalluj) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Armenian: դահուկ (dahuk) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Azerbaijani: xizək — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Azerbaijani: xizəksürmə — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Bashkir: саңғы (sañğı) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Basque: eski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Belarusian: лы́жа (lýža) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Bengali: স্কী (ski) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Bulgarian: ска (ska) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Bulgarian: ски (ski) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Burmese: နှင်းလျှောစီး (hnang:hlyau:ci:) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Catalan: esquí — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Chinese Cantonese: 滑雪板 (waat6 syut3 baan2) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Chinese: хуабан (huaban) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Chinese: хуабанзы (huabanzɨ) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雪板 (xuěbǎn) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑雪板 (huáxuěbǎn) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Chukchi: тигыт (tigyt) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Chukchi: тэгыԓгын (tėgyḷgyn) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Czech: lyže — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Danish: ski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Dolgan: каньыһар (kańıhar) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Dutch: ski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Erzya: сокс (soks) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Esperanto: skio — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Estonian: suusk — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Estonian: suusad — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Faroese: skíð — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Finnish: suksi — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • French: ski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Galician: esquí — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Georgian: თხილამური (txilamuri) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • German: Ski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • German: Schi — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Greek: σκι (ski) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Greek: χιονοπέδιλο (chionopédilo) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Gujarati: સ્કી (skī) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Hebrew: סקִי (ski) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Hindi: स्की (skī) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Hungarian: sí — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Icelandic: skíði — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Icelandic: andri — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Icelandic: öndur — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Ido: skio — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Ingrian: suksi — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Irish: scí — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Italian: sci — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Japanese: スキー (sukī) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Kazakh: шаңғы (şañğy) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Khmer: ស្គី (skii) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Komi-Zyrian: лызь (lyź) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Korean: 스키 (seuki) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Kyrgyz: лыжа (lıja) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Lao: ສະກີ (sa kī) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Latin: narta — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Latvian: slēpe — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Lithuanian: slidė — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Macedonian: скија (skija) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Māori: panunu — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Māori: retihuka) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Māori: retihukarere) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Māori: retiwai) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Eastern Mari: ече (ječe) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Western Mari: ечӹ (ječÿ) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Mongolian: цана (cana) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Mongolian: ᠴᠠᠨ᠎ᠠ (čan-a) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Okinawan: スキー (sukī) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ския (skija) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْکی (eski) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Iranian Persian: پاچیلِه (pâčile) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Polish: narta — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Portuguese: esqui — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Romanian: schi — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Russian: лы́жа (lýža) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Russian: лы́жи (lýži) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Lule-Sami: sabek — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Serbo-Croatian: ски̏ја — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Serbo-Croatian: смучка — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Serbo-Croatian: skȉja — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Serbo-Croatian: smučka — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Slovak: lyža — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Slovene: smučka — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Slovene: smuča — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Lower Sorbian: sněgak — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Spanish: esquí — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Swedish: skida — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Tagalog: eski — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Tajik: лижа (liža) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Tatar: чаңгы (çañğı) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Thai: สกี (sà-gii) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Tibetan: གངས་ཤུར་གཏོང་ཡག (gangs shur gtong yag) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Turkish: kayak — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Turkmen: lyzha — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Udmurt: куас (kuas) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Ukrainian: ли́жа (lýža) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Urdu: سْکی (skī) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Uzbek: changʻi — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Vietnamese: xki — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Vietnamese: ván trượt tuyết — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Volapük: skiy — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Welsh: sgi — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Yakut: хайыһар (qayïhar) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Yiddish: נאַרטע (narte) — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow
  • Finnish: vesisuksi — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for being pulled by a boat over water
  • Māori: reti — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for being pulled by a boat over water
  • Polish: narta wodna — one of a pair of long flat runners designed for being pulled by a boat over water
  • Basque: eskiatu — move on skis
  • Bulgarian: карам ски (karam ski) — move on skis
  • Catalan: esquiar — move on skis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 滑雪 (huáxuě) — move on skis
  • Crimean Tatar: taymaq — move on skis
  • Czech: lyžovat — move on skis
  • Dutch: skiën — move on skis
  • Esperanto: skii — move on skis
  • Esperanto: skikuri — move on skis
  • Estonian: suusatama — move on skis
  • Finnish: hiihtää (X-country) — move on skis
  • Finnish: lasketella — move on skis
  • French: skier — move on skis
  • Galician: esquiar — move on skis
  • German: Ski fahren — move on skis
  • German: Schi fahren — move on skis
  • German: Ski laufen — move on skis
  • German: Schi laufen — move on skis
  • Greek: χιονοδρομώ (chionodromó) — move on skis
  • Hungarian: síel — move on skis
  • Icelandic: skíða — move on skis
  • Ido: skiagar — move on skis
  • Ido: skikurar — move on skis
  • Ido: skiglitar — move on skis
  • Irish: sciáil — move on skis
  • Italian: sciare — move on skis
  • Japanese: スキーをする (sukī o suru) — move on skis
  • Latin: moveor cum nartās — move on skis
  • Latin: eo cum nartas — move on skis
  • Latvian: slēpot — move on skis
  • Lombard: scïar — move on skis
  • Māori: reti — move on skis
  • Māori: whakareti — move on skis
  • Māori: whakaretireti — move on skis
  • Māori: rerehuka — move on skis
  • Māori: retireti — move on skis
  • Mongolian: цанаар гулгах (canaar gulgax) — move on skis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gå på ski — move on skis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gå på ski — move on skis
  • Occitan: esquiar — move on skis
  • Old Norse: skríða — move on skis
  • Polish: zjeżdżać na nartach — move on skis
  • Polish: jeździć na nartach — move on skis
  • Portuguese: esquiar — move on skis
  • Romanian: schia — move on skis
  • Russian: ката́ться на лы́жах (katátʹsja na lýžax) — move on skis
  • Slovene: smučati — move on skis
  • Lower Sorbian: sněgakowaś — move on skis
  • Spanish: esquiar — move on skis
  • Swedish: skida — move on skis
  • Swedish: åka skidor — move on skis
  • Tagalog: mag-eski — move on skis
  • Turkish: kaymak — move on skis
  • Ukrainian: ката́тися на ли́жах (katátysja na lýžax) — move on skis
  • Vietnamese: trượt tuyết — move on skis
  • Volapük: skiyön — move on skis
  • Welsh: sgio — move on skis
  • Welsh: sgïo — move on skis
  • Finnish: hiihtää — to travel on skis