skirt

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• Received-Pronunciation: skût
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• Received-Pronunciation: /skɜːt/
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• US: skûrt
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• US: /skɚt/
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• Scotland: /skɪɾt/
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• New-Zealand, Wales: /skøːt/
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• /skeːt/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• [skeːθ̠] Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /skɛːt/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ Old Norse skyrtabor. Middle English skyrte English skirt From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).

260 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: rok — article of clothing
• Albanian: rrethinë — article of clothing
• Antillean Creole: jip — article of clothing
• Arabic: تَنُّورَة (tannūra) — article of clothing
• Arabic: جُوب (jūb) — article of clothing
• Arabic: خَرَّاطَة (ḵarrāṭa) — article of clothing
• Arabic: وَزَرَة (wazara) — article of clothing
• Arabic: جُونِلَّة (jūnilla) — article of clothing
• Chadian Arabic: جيب (jīb) — article of clothing
• Arabic: جيبة (žība) — article of clothing
• Arabic: تَنُّورَة (tannūra) — article of clothing
• Arabic: تَنُّورَة (tannūra) — article of clothing
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܼܦܩܵܐ (yupqa) — article of clothing
• Armenian: կիսաշրջազգեստ (kisašrǰazgest) — article of clothing
• Asturian: falda — article of clothing
• Asturian: saya — article of clothing
• Azerbaijani: ətək — article of clothing
• Azerbaijani: yubka — article of clothing
• Baluchi: دامن (dáman) — article of clothing
• Bashkir: итәк (itək) — article of clothing
• Basque: gona — article of clothing
• Belarusian: спадні́ца (spadníca) — article of clothing
• Bengali: স্কার্ট (skarṭo) — article of clothing
• Breton: brozh — article of clothing
• Breton: lostenn — article of clothing
• Bulgarian: пола́ (polá) — article of clothing
• Burmese: စကတ် (ca.kat) — article of clothing
• Burmese: ထဘီ (hta.bhi) — article of clothing
• Catalan: faldilla — article of clothing
• Cebuano: palda — article of clothing
• Chamicuro: ita'la — article of clothing
• Cherokee: ᎠᏌᏃ (asano) — article of clothing
• Chickasaw: naafka' tapa' — article of clothing
• Chinese Cantonese: 裙 (kwan4) — article of clothing
• Chinese: чүнзы (čünzɨ) — article of clothing
• Chinese: 裙 (zh-min-nan) — article of clothing
• Chinese Mandarin: 裙子 (qúnzi) — article of clothing
• Chinese Mandarin: 裙 (qún) — article of clothing
• Wu Chinese: 裙 — article of clothing
• Czech: sukně — article of clothing
• Danish: nederdel — article of clothing
• Danish: skørt — article of clothing
• Dutch: rok — article of clothing
• Elfdalian: tjuosle — article of clothing
• Esperanto: jupo — article of clothing
• Estonian: seelik — article of clothing
• Faroese: skjúrt — article of clothing
• Finnish: hame — article of clothing
• French: jupe — article of clothing
• Galician: saia — article of clothing
• Galician: faldra — article of clothing
• Georgian: ქვედაკაბა (kvedaḳaba) — article of clothing
• Georgian: ქვედატანი (kvedaṭani) — article of clothing
• German: Rock — article of clothing
• Greek: φούστα (foústa) — article of clothing
• Greenlandic: atequt — article of clothing
• Haitian Creole: jip — article of clothing
• Hausa: siket — article of clothing
• Hebrew: חֲצָאִית (khatsa'ít) — article of clothing
• Hindi: स्कर्ट (skarṭ) — article of clothing
• Hungarian: szoknya — article of clothing
• Hungarian: alj — article of clothing
• Icelandic: pils — article of clothing
• Ido: jupo — article of clothing
• Indonesian: rok — article of clothing
• Ingrian: hame — article of clothing
• Irish: sciorta — article of clothing
• Italian: gonna — article of clothing
• Japanese: スカート (sukāto) — article of clothing
• Kazakh: юбка (übka) — article of clothing
• Khmer: សំពត់ (sɑmpŭət) — article of clothing
• Korean: 치마 (chima) — article of clothing
• Korean: 스커트 (seukeoteu) — article of clothing
• Northern Kurdish: damen — article of clothing
• Kyrgyz: юбка (yubka) — article of clothing
• Lao: ສິ້ນ (sin) — article of clothing
• Lao: ກະໂປງ (ka pōng) — article of clothing
• Latgalian: snuotine — article of clothing
• Latin: castula — article of clothing
• Latvian: svārki — article of clothing
• Lithuanian: sijonas — article of clothing
• Luxembourgish: Jupe — article of clothing
• Macedonian: здолниште (zdolnište) — article of clothing
• Macedonian: здолница (zdolnica) — article of clothing
• Macedonian: сукња (suknja) — article of clothing
• Malay: skirt — article of clothing
• Maltese: dublett — article of clothing
• Māori: paki — article of clothing
• Marathi: स्कर्ट (skarṭa) — article of clothing
• Mongolian: банзал (banzal) — article of clothing
• Mongolian: юбка (jubka) — article of clothing
• Navajo: tłʼaakał — article of clothing
• Neapolitan: vunnella — article of clothing
• Norman: cotelle — article of clothing
• Norman: cotillon — article of clothing
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjørt — article of clothing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stakk — article of clothing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjørt — article of clothing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dos — article of clothing
• Occitan: gonèla — article of clothing
• Occitan: gonna — article of clothing
• Odia: ସ୍କର୍ଟ (skarṭa) — article of clothing
• Old English: scyrte — article of clothing
• Pacoh: nnai plứh — article of clothing
• Pannonian Rusyn: сукня (suknja) — article of clothing
• Papiamentu: saya — article of clothing
• Iranian Persian: دامَن (dâman) — article of clothing
• Plautdietsch: Rock — article of clothing
• Polabian: tåbat — article of clothing
• Polish: spódnica — article of clothing
• Polish: kiecka — article of clothing
• Portuguese: saia — article of clothing
• Réunion Creole French: zip — article of clothing
• Romani: rotya — article of clothing
• Romanian: fustă — article of clothing
• Romanian: pulpană — article of clothing
• Romansh: rassa — article of clothing
• Russian: ю́бка (júbka) — article of clothing
• Northern Sami: vuolpu — article of clothing
• Samoan: sakete — article of clothing
• Scottish Gaelic: sgiorta — article of clothing
• Serbo-Croatian: су̏кња — article of clothing
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕknja — article of clothing
• Sinhalese: සාය (sāya) — article of clothing
• Slovak: sukňa — article of clothing
• Slovene: krilo — article of clothing
• Lower Sorbian: kóšula — article of clothing
• Lower Sorbian: kóšulka — article of clothing
• Upper Sorbian: suknja — article of clothing
• Upper Sorbian: suknička — article of clothing
• Sotho: mose — article of clothing
• Spanish: falda — article of clothing
• Spanish: enaguas — article of clothing
• Spanish: pollera — article of clothing
• Spanish: saya — article of clothing
• Swahili: sketi — article of clothing
• Swedish: kjol — article of clothing
• Tagalog: palda — article of clothing
• Tajik: доман (doman) — article of clothing
• Taos: yúwolaną — article of clothing
• Tatar: итәк (itäk) — article of clothing
• Telugu: పరికిణి (parikiṇi) — article of clothing
• Thai: กระโปรง (grà-bproong) — article of clothing
• Turkish: etek — article of clothing
• Turkmen: ýubka — article of clothing
• Turkmen: etek — article of clothing
• Ukrainian: спідни́ця (spidnýcja) — article of clothing
• Urdu: سْکَرْٹ (skarṭ) — article of clothing
• Urdu: دامَن (dāman) — article of clothing
• Uyghur: يوپكا (yopka) — article of clothing
• Uzbek: yubka — article of clothing
• Vietnamese: váy — article of clothing
• Volapük: juüp — article of clothing
• Welsh: sgert — article of clothing
• Welsh: sgertiau — article of clothing
• Yami: sikato — article of clothing
• Yiddish: ספּאָדניצע (spodnitse) — article of clothing
• Yiddish: ספּודניצע (spudnitse) — article of clothing
• Yiddish: יופּע (yupe) — article of clothing
• Yiddish: קליידל (kleydl) — article of clothing
• Zazaki: pêş — article of clothing
• Afrikaans: rok — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Armenian: փեշ (pʻeš) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Armenian: քղանցք (kʻġancʻkʻ) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Bulgarian: поли́ (polí) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Catalan: faldilla — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Czech: sukně — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Danish: nederdel — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Dutch: rok — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Esperanto: jupo — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Estonian: seelik — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Faroese: niðurpartur — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Finnish: helma — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Finnish: lieve — part of dress that hangs below waist
• French: jupe — part of dress that hangs below waist
• German: Rock — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Greek: φούστα (foústa) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Hindi: दामन (dāman) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Hungarian: alj — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Ingrian: helma — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Interlingua: gonna — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Irish: sciorta — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Irish: íochtar — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Italian: gonna — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Latvian: svārki — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Luxembourgish: Jupe — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Maltese: dublett — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjørt — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Old English: læppa — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Polish: spódnica — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Portuguese: saia — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Russian: ю́бка (júbka) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Russian: пола́ (polá) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Serbo-Croatian: су̏кња — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Serbo-Croatian: sȕknja — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Sotho: mose — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Spanish: falda — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Spanish: enaguas — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Spanish: pollera — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Spanish: saya — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Swedish: kjol — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Ottoman Turkish: اتك (etek) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Ottoman Turkish: دامن (daman) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Urdu: دامَن (dāman) — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Volapük: juüp — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Zazaki: gınc — part of dress that hangs below waist
• Finnish: lieve — loose edging to any part of a dress
• Vietnamese: vạt — loose edging to any part of a dress
• Bulgarian: фу́ста (fústa) — slang: woman
• Czech: ženská — slang: woman
• Estonian: seelik — slang: woman
• Finnish: hame — slang: woman
• German: Rock — slang: woman
• German: Weiberrock — slang: woman
• Greek: φουστάνι (foustáni) — slang: woman
• Hungarian: csaj — slang: woman
• Hungarian: spiné — slang: woman
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjørt — slang: woman
• Polish: kiecka — slang: woman
• Polish: spódnica — slang: woman
• Portuguese: rabo-de-saia — slang: woman
• Russian: ю́бка (júbka) — slang: woman
• Swedish: kjoltyg — slang: woman
• Finnish: hameväki — women collectively
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjørt — women collectively
• Bulgarian: покра́йнина (pokrájnina) — border, edge, margin
• Chinese Mandarin: 邊緣 /边缘 (biānyuán) — border, edge, margin
• Chinese Mandarin: 裙邊 /裙边 (qúnbiān) — border, edge, margin
• Finnish: reuna — border, edge, margin
• Finnish: reunama — border, edge, margin
• Finnish: reunus — border, edge, margin
• Finnish: lieve — border, edge, margin
• German: Saum — border, edge, margin
• Hungarian: szegély — border, edge, margin
• Portuguese: borda — border, edge, margin
• Russian: грани́ца (graníca) — border, edge, margin
• Ottoman Turkish: یاقه (yaka) — border, edge, margin
• Bulgarian: гранича (graniča) — to be on or from the border of
• Dutch: begrenzen — to be on or from the border of
• Finnish: ympäröidä — to be on or from the border of
• Finnish: reunustaa — to be on or from the border of
• German: umgehen — to be on or from the border of
• German: umrunden — to be on or from the border of
• Interlingua: costear — to be on or from the border of
• Interlingua: contornar — to be on or from the border of
• Italian: contornare — to be on or from the border of
• Māori: taku — to be on or from the border of
• Portuguese: rodear — to be on or from the border of
• Portuguese: contornar — to be on or from the border of
• Portuguese: beirar — to be on or from the border of
• Russian: ограни́чивать (ograníčivatʹ) — to be on or from the border of
• Serbo-Croatian: граничити се — to be on or from the border of
• Serbo-Croatian: graničiti se — to be on or from the border of
• Bulgarian: заобикалям (zaobikaljam) — to move around, to avoid the centre
• Finnish: kiertää — to move around, to avoid the centre
• Galician: bordear — to move around, to avoid the centre
• Māori: hohoni — to move around, to avoid the centre
• Māori: taku — to move around, to avoid the centre
• Māori: honi — to move around, to avoid the centre
• Russian: обходить (obxoditʹ) — to move around, to avoid the centre