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• /skɪm/
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From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (“to remove scum”), from escume (“froth, foam”), from Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). See scum.

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: обезмаслен (obezmaslen) — having lowered fat content
• Catalan: desnatat — having lowered fat content
• Dutch: afgeroomd — having lowered fat content
• Finnish: kuorittu — having lowered fat content
• Finnish: rasvaton — having lowered fat content
• French: écrémé — having lowered fat content
• Italian: scremato — having lowered fat content
• Māori: kirīmikore — having lowered fat content
• Māori: kore kirīmi — having lowered fat content
• Portuguese: magro — having lowered fat content
• Portuguese: desnatado — having lowered fat content
• Spanish: descremado — having lowered fat content
• Bulgarian: нося се над (nosja se nad) — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Catalan: lliscar — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• French: dépasser doucement — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• French: effleurer — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• French: frôler — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• French: raser — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Irish: scinn — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Italian: sfiorare — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Italian: rasentare — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Italian: lambire — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Māori: riripi — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Pohnpeian: dedell — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Spanish: sobrevolar rozando — to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean
• Catalan: rebotar — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Czech: hodit žabku — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Danish: slå smut — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Dutch: ketsen — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Finnish: heittää leipää — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Finnish: heittää leipiä — throw an object so it bounces on water
• French: faire des ricochets — throw an object so it bounces on water
• German: springen lassen — throw an object so it bounces on water
• German: hüpfen lassen — throw an object so it bounces on water
• German: flitschen — throw an object so it bounces on water
• German: titschen — throw an object so it bounces on water
• German: flippen — throw an object so it bounces on water
• German: platteln — throw an object so it bounces on water
• German: schiefern — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Hungarian: kacsázik — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Māori: ripi — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Māori: tipi — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Russian: пуска́ть бли́нчики (puskátʹ blínčiki) — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Spanish: rebotar — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Swedish: kasta macka — throw an object so it bounces on water
• Arabic: يَرْتَ (yarta) — ricochet
• Catalan: rebotar — ricochet
• Danish: rikochettere — ricochet
• Dutch: afketsen — ricochet
• Finnish: kimmota — ricochet
• French: ricocher — ricochet
• German: abprallen — ricochet
• Greek: εξοστρακίζομαι (exostrakízomai) — ricochet
• Hungarian: visszapattan — ricochet
• Italian: rimbalzare — ricochet
• Japanese: 飛びはねる (hibihaneru) — ricochet
• Māori: ripi — ricochet
• Māori: tipi — ricochet
• Māori: wami — ricochet
• Māori: hohoni — ricochet
• Polish: rikoszetować — ricochet
• Portuguese: ricochetear — ricochet
• Romanian: ricoșa — ricochet
• Russian: рикошети́ровать (rikošetírovatʹ) — ricochet
• Russian: бить рикоше́том (bitʹ rikošétom) — ricochet
• Spanish: rebotar — ricochet
• Swedish: rikoschettera — ricochet
• Swedish: studsa — ricochet
• Turkish: sekmek — ricochet
• Zazaki: lengen — ricochet
• Bulgarian: прелиствам (prelistvam) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Catalan: llegir per sobre — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Catalan: llegir en diagonal — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Catalan: fullejar — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Chinese Mandarin: 瀏覽 /浏览 (liúlǎn) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Czech: listovat — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Danish: skimme — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Dutch: doorbladeren — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Dutch: diagonaal lezen — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Esperanto: foliumi — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Finnish: lukea pintapuolisesti — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Finnish: lukea hutaisten — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Finnish: lukaista — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Finnish: silmäillä — read quickly, skipping some detail
• French: feuilleter — read quickly, skipping some detail
• French: lire en diagonale — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Georgian: გადაკითხვა (gadaḳitxva) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• German: überfliegen — read quickly, skipping some detail
• German: querlesen — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Hebrew: רפרף — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Italian: scorrere — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Japanese: ざっと読む (zatto yomu) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Japanese: 読み飛ばす (yomitobasu) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Japanese: 読み流す (yominagasu) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Korean: 훑어보다 (hulteoboda) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Norwegian: skumlese — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Norwegian: skumme — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Norwegian Bokmål: skumlese — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Norwegian Bokmål: skumme — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skumlese — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skumme — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Portuguese: ler superficialmente — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Portuguese: ler em diagonal — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Portuguese: ler na diagonal — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Portuguese: ler ligeiramente — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Romanian: a răsfoi — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Russian: бе́гло прочи́тывать (béglo pročítyvatʹ) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Russian: проли́стывать (prolístyvatʹ) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Russian: листа́ть (listátʹ) — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Spanish: hojear — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Spanish: leer por encima — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Spanish: trashojar — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Spanish: ojear — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Swedish: skumma — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Swedish: ögna igenom — read quickly, skipping some detail
• Bulgarian: изгребвам (izgrebvam) — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Catalan: decapar — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Catalan: escumar — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Dutch: afschrapen — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Dutch: afromen — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Finnish: kuoria — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Galician: raspar — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• German: abschöpfen — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• German: abstreichen — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Italian: schiumare — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Italian: sgrassare — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Spanish: desnatar — scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
• Bulgarian: обирам каймака (obiram kajmaka) — remove cream
• Catalan: desnatar — remove cream
• Dutch: afromen — remove cream
• Finnish: kuoria — remove cream
• Finnish: kaapia — remove cream
• French: écrémer — remove cream
• Galician: estonar — remove cream
• Hindi: मलाई निकालना (malāī nikālnā) — remove cream
• Italian: scremare — remove cream
• Italian: spannare — remove cream
• Norman: êcrémer — remove cream
• Portuguese: desnatar — remove cream
• Russian: снима́ть (snimátʹ) — remove cream
• Spanish: desnatar — remove cream
• Swedish: skumma — remove cream
• Walloon: scramer — remove cream