jet ski

See also: jetski, and jet-ski

English

Alternative forms

• jetski, jet-ski

Etymology

Genericized trademark of Jet Ski. By surface analysis, jet +‎ ski.

Noun

jet ski (plural jet skis)

1. A small motorized watercraft with a flattish hull and an upright centre, which a rider sits astride.

   Synonyms: PWC, personal water craft, water scooter, aquabike, waverunner

   Hypernym: watercraft

   • 2006 October, “Gimme Fuel: High Octane Advise for Buying a Ski”, in Tracks magazine, page 154:

     "Jet ski" is actually Kawasaki's name for their PWC (personal water craft) models, but like hoovers and speedos has become genericised.

Translations

small motorized water craft

• Arabic: دَرَّاجَة مَائِيَّة f (darrāja māʔiyya), جِيت سْكِي m (jīt skī)
• Azerbaijani: su skuteri, su motosikleti
• Belarusian: гідрацыкл m (hidracykl), водны матацыкл m (vódny matacykl)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 水上摩托 (seoi² soeng⁶ mo¹ tok³)

  Mandarin: 水上摩托 (zh) (shuǐ shàng mó tuō), 水上摩托车 (zh) (shuǐ shàng mó tuō chē)

• Danish: jetski c, vandscooter c
• Dutch: jetski (nl) m
• Finnish: vesiskootteri (fi)
• French: jet ski (fr) m, motomarine (fr) f, moto aquatique f, scooter des mers (fr) m
• German: Wassermotorrad (de) n
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: אוֹפַנּוֹעַ יָם (he) m (ofanóa' yam)
• Hindi: जेट स्की (jeṭ skī)
• Italian: moto d'acqua f, acquascooter (it) m, (uncommon) scooter acquatico m
• Japanese: ジェットスキー (ja) (jettosukī)
• Korean: 제트 스키 (jeteu seuki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vannscooter m

  Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can

• Polish: skuter wodny m
• Portuguese: jet ski (pt) m
• Russian: гидроци́кл (ru) m (gidrocíkl), водный мотоцикл (ru) m (vodnyj motocikl)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: jet ski m, moto de agua f
• Swedish: vattenskoter (sv)
• Turkish: deniz motosikleti sg, deniz motoru (tr), su kızağı
• Ukrainian: скутер m (skuter)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can

Verb

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

1. To ride on a jet ski.

Translations

to ride on a jet ski

• Danish: stå på jetski, køre på vandscooter, sejle vandscooter
• Dutch: jetskiën (nl)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøre vannscooter

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English jet ski.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi isˈki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi isˈki/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɛ.t͡ʃi iʃˈki/

Noun

jet ski m (plural jet skis)

1. jet ski

References

• “ski jet ski” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “jet ski”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “jet-ski”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “jet ski”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “jet ski”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “jet-ski®”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024