ski

English Online Dictionary. What means ski‎? What does ski mean?

Translingual

Symbol

ski

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sika.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sika terms

English

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 English shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: skē, (UK, rare) shē
• IPA^(key): /skiː/, (UK, rare) /ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ski

Noun

ski (plural skis)

1. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
2. (aviation) One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
3. A trip made by skiing.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: スキー (sukī)
• → Korean: 스키 (seuki)
• → Okinawan: スキー
• → Thai: สกี (sà-gii)

Translations

Verb

ski (third-person singular simple present skis or skies, present participle skiing, simple past and past participle skied)

1. (intransitive) To move on skis.
2. (transitive) To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

Translations

Anagrams

• KSI

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ski/
• Hyphenation: ski
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

Noun

ski m (plural ski's, diminutive skietje n)

1. ski

   Synonym: sneeuwschaats

Derived terms

• skiën
• waterski

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ski

1. inflection of skiën:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• sik

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ski/

Noun

ski m (plural skis)

1. (countable) ski
2. (uncountable) skiing (sport)

   faire du ski ― go skiing

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Asturian: esquí
• → Catalan: esquí
• → Galician: esquí
• → Persian: اسکی (eski)
• → Portuguese: esqui
• → Romanian: schi
• → Spanish: esquí
  • → Basque: eski
  • → Tagalog: eski

Further reading

• “ski”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ksi

Middle English

Noun

ski

1. alternative form of sky

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Norwegian ski.

Noun

ski m

1. skiing

References

• “ski” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish ski, itself borrowed from Norwegian ski, skid, from Old Norse skíð (“snowshoe, billet”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/

Noun

ski m or f (definite singular skien or skia, indefinite plural ski or skier, definite plural skiene or skia)

1. ski

   gå på ski (plural) ― to ski

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• “ski” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skid (pre-1901 (Landsmål))
• skjítt (dialectal, Setesdalsk)

Etymology

From Old Norse skíð n, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/, /sçiː/

Noun

ski f (definite singular skia, indefinite plural ski or skier, definite plural skia or skiene)

1. ski

   gå på ski (plural) ― to ski

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• “ski” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

ski m (plural skis)

1. alternative form of esqui