skier
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -iːə(ɹ)
NounEdit
skier (plural skiers)
- One who skis.
TranslationsEdit
someone who practices skiing
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Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
NounEdit
skier (plural skiers)
- (cricket) A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch.
- 2002, Jeff Green, "New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo:
- However, when Guha returned, she picked the wrong ball to pull and hit a skier to Charlotte Edwards.
- 2012, Harry Pearson, "There's always a catch – unless it's me or Monty underneath the ball", The Guardian:
- The second thing I did my best to get out of was the unpleasant position Monty found himself in rather too often in Sri Lanka: standing under a skier in the deep.
- 2002, Jeff Green, "New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo:
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
skier
- to ski
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of skier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skier | avoir skié | |||||
| gerund | en skiant | en ayant skié | |||||
| present participle | skiant /skjɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | skié /skje/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | skie /ski/ |
skies /ski/ |
skie /ski/ |
skions /skjɔ̃/ |
skiez /skje/ |
skient /ski/ |
| imperfect | skiais /skjɛ/ |
skiais /skjɛ/ |
skiait /skjɛ/ |
skiions /ski.jɔ̃/ |
skiiez /ski.je/ |
skiaient /skjɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | skiai /skje/ |
skias /skja/ |
skia /skja/ |
skiâmes /skjam/ |
skiâtes /skjat/ |
skièrent /skjɛʁ/ | |
| future | skierai /ski.ʁe/ |
skieras /ski.ʁa/ |
skiera /ski.ʁa/ |
skierons /ski.ʁɔ̃/ |
skierez /ski.ʁe/ |
skieront /ski.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | skierais /ski.ʁɛ/ |
skierais /ski.ʁɛ/ |
skierait /ski.ʁɛ/ |
skierions /ski.ʁjɔ̃/ |
skieriez /ski.ʁje/ |
skieraient /ski.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | skie /ski/ |
skies /ski/ |
skie /ski/ |
skiions /ski.jɔ̃/ |
skiiez /ski.je/ |
skient /ski/ |
| imperfect1 | skiasse /skjas/ |
skiasses /skjas/ |
skiât /skja/ |
skiassions /skja.sjɔ̃/ |
skiassiez /skja.sje/ |
skiassent /skjas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | skie /ski/ |
— | skions /skjɔ̃/ |
skiez /skje/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further readingEdit
- “skier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).