scooter
See also: Scooter
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Noun edit
scooter (plural scooters)
- A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
- An electric version of the kick scooter.
- Synonyms: e-scooter, motorized scooter
- A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
- A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
- An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.
- Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
- A scooter skirt (skort), especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform.
- 2017, Classroom Uniforms Catalog 2017[1], page 6:
- Bow Pocket Scooter […] Pull-on twill scooter with three-pleat front, […]
- 2021, French Toast Catalog 2022[2], page 10:
- With thoughtful details like shorts hidden under scooters, wrinkle-resistant, moisture-wicking fabrics, power knees and strength, stretch, and adjustability exactly where growing kids need it most, […]
Derived terms edit
- air scooter
- diving scooter
- dog scooter
- gym scooter
- ice scooter
- kick scooter
- knee scooter
- maxiscooter
- mobility scooter
- motorized scooter
- motor scooter
- push scooter
- scootering
- scooterist
- sea scooter
- sky scooter
- snow scooter
- square scooter
- water scooter
Descendants edit
- → Bengali: স্কুটার (skuṭar)
- → Catalan: escúter
- → Czech: skútr
- → Danish: scooter
- → Dutch: scooter
- → Finnish: skootteri
- → French: scooter
- → German: Scooter
- → Italian: scooter
- → Japanese: スクーター (sukūtā)
- → Korean: 스쿠터 (seukuteo)
- → Malay: skuter
- → Norwegian Bokmål: scooter
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: scooter
- → Polish: skuter
- → Portuguese: scooter
- → Romanian: scuter
- → Spanish: escúter; scooter
- → Swedish: skoter
Translations edit
foot-propelled vehicle
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electric version of the kick scooter
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type of motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame — see also motor scooter
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electric scooter for disabled — see also mobility scooter
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ice scooter — see ice scooter
large black duck of the genus Melanitta — see scoter
See also edit
Verb edit
scooter (third-person singular simple present scooters, present participle scootering, simple past and past participle scootered)
- To ride on a scooter.
- 2005 October 24, “Love Those Boomers”, in Business Week[3]:
- But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices […]
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
to ride on a scooter
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Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English scooter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scooter m (plural scooters, diminutive scootertje n)
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English scooter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scooter m (plural scooters)
- scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)
Further reading edit
- “scooter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English scooter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scooter m (invariable)
- (vehicles) scooter, specifically:
- (nautical) a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht, designed to travel over ice
- motor scooter
- Short for acquascooter; water scooter
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ scooter in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
scooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scootere, definite plural scooterne)
- a scooter (type of motorcycle)
- short for snøscooter, vannscooter.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
scooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scooterar, definite plural scooterane)
- a scooter (type of motorcycle)
- short for snøscooter, vasscooter etc..
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “scooter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scooter m (plural scooters or scooter)
- scooter (vehicle)
Further reading edit
- “scooter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
scooter c
- a motor scooter (small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame)
- (chiefly in some compounds) scooter
Declension edit
Declension of scooter | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | scooter | scootern | scootrar | scootrarna |
Genitive | scooters | scooterns | scootrars | scootrarnas |