karate
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) enPR: kə-räʹti, IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑː.ti/, /kəˈɹɑː.teɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑ.ɾi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːti
Noun edit
karate (uncountable)
- An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
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Verb edit
karate (third-person singular simple present karates, present participle karateing, simple past and past participle karated)
- (transitive, informal) To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
karate (uncountable)
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Czech edit
Noun edit
karate n (indeclinable)
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karate
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common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | karate | karaten | karate | karateene |
genitive | karates | karatens | karates | karateenes |
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).
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karate n or m (uncountable)
- karate (Japanese martial art)
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Finnish edit
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Noun edit
karate
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Inflection of karate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | karate | — | ||
genitive | karaten | — | ||
partitive | karatea | — | ||
illative | karateen | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | karate | — | ||
accusative | nom. | karate | — | |
gen. | karaten | |||
genitive | karaten | — | ||
partitive | karatea | — | ||
inessive | karatessa | — | ||
elative | karatesta | — | ||
illative | karateen | — | ||
adessive | karatella | — | ||
ablative | karatelta | — | ||
allative | karatelle | — | ||
essive | karatena | — | ||
translative | karateksi | — | ||
abessive | karatetta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “karate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karate n (genitive singular karates, no plural)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 空手 (karate, literally “the state of being empty-handed”), from earlier 唐手 (karate, literally “Tang Dynasty; China” + “hand”), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karaté
- (sports, martial arts) karate; an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting
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Further reading edit
- “karate” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
karate
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 空手, via English karate.
Noun edit
karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese 空手, via English karate.
Noun edit
karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)
References edit
- “karate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karate n (indeclinable)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karate n (uncountable)
Declension edit
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) karate | karateul |
genitive/dative | (unui) karate | karateului |
vocative | karateule |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).
Noun edit
karàte m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
karate (Cyrillic spelling карате)
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karate m (uncountable)
Hypernyms edit
Further reading edit
- “karate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
karate (n class, plural karate)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
karate c
Declension edit
Declension of karate | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | karate | karaten | — | — |
Genitive | karates | karatens | — | — |
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish karate or English karate, from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
karate (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜆᜒ)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “karate” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “karate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78