skater
English
/ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- A person who skates.
- A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
- (ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.
- Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.
Etymology
Suffix from English skate (contemptible person).
Origin
English
skate
Gloss
contemptible person
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Skategate English
- cheapskate English
- clap skate English
- fanskate English
- nonskater English
- outskate English
- overskate English
- skate English
- skate-around English
- skateability English
- skateable English
- skateathon English
- skateboard English
- skatecore English
- skatefish English
- skateless English
- skatelike English
- skatemobile English
- skatepark English
- skatepunk English
- skaterly English
- skateshop English
- skateway English
- skatewear English
- speed English
- speedskate English
- speedskater English
- wake English
- wakeskate English
- wakeskater English
- Skate German
- skateare Italian
- schaats Dutch, Flemish
- skate Dutch, Flemish
- skaten Dutch, Flemish
- skøyte Norwegian Bokmål
- skate Portuguese
- スケート Japanese
- skøjte Danish
- สเกต Thai
- sgeatadh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- 스께또 Korean
- 스케이트 Korean
- 스케트 Korean