See also: Ski, -ski, ски, and -ски

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Etymology edit

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)).

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  • IPA(key): /skiː/
  • (file)
  • (UK, rare) IPA(key): /ʃiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː

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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.

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

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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).
    We spent the winter holidays skiing the Alps

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Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

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

  1. ski
    Synonym: sneeuwschaats
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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ski

  1. inflection of skiën:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

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ski m (plural skis)

  1. (countable) ski
  2. (uncountable) skiing (sport)
    faire du skigo skiing

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ski

  1. Alternative form of sky

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From Norwegian ski.

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ski m

  1. skiing

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

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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

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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

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

  1. ski
    gå på ski (plural)to ski

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ski m (plural skis)

  1. Alternative form of esqui