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ski

See also: Ski, -ski, ски, and -ски

Translingual

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ski

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sika.

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English

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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 shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

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A pair of skis (noun sense 1) and poles
 
A woman skiing (verb sense 1)

Noun

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ski (plural skis)

  2. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
    • 1990, Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide, Penguin, →ISBN, page 55:
      Disaster at the newly opened ski resort where hard-driving tycoon Hudson is determined to double his not insubstantial investment while his ex-wife Mia is making whoopee with one of the locals championing ecology.
    • 2014, Inspiring Generations: 150 Years, 150 Stories in Yosemite, →ISBN, page 188:
      We skied back the way we had come for about thirty minutes when I saw her. Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.
    • 2022 February 5, Adam Kilgore, Christian Shepherd, “A cauldron-lighting flashpoint one night, Dinigeer Yilamujiang was a skier the next day”, in The Washington Post‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 February 2022, Olympics‎[2]:
      Yilamujiang grew up in Altay, a prefecture bordering Mongolia in far northwest Xinjiang. Chinese officials consider the region the cradle of Alpine sport, after cave paintings of hunters on skis were dated at 10,000 years old. Locals still use hand-carved wooden skis covered in a horsehide, although mostly now for the benefit of tourists.
  3. (aviation) One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
  4. A trip made by skiing.
    to go for a ski

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Descendants

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

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Verb

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

  2. (intransitive) To move on skis.
    • 2014, Patrick Armstrong, The Log of a Snow Survey, →ISBN:
      Townsend hare inhabit this area, particularly above the cabin, and a skier is likely to have one explode from a tree well and disappear into the whiteness as he skis by. Life is a constant bivouac for them -- they spend days huddled in tree wells during storms -- but I suspect they are as content and warm in their luxurious coats as we are in a cabin.
    • 2014, Inspiring Generations: 150 Years, 150 Stories in Yosemite, →ISBN, page 188:
      We skied back the way we had come for about thirty minutes when I saw her. Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.
  3. (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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Danish

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Etymology

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Via Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą, ultimately from *skey- (“to split”).

Noun

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ski c (singular definite skien, plural indefinite ski)

  1. ski
    stå på ski ― to ski

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Declension of ski
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ski skien ski skiene
genitive skis skiens skis skienes

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

Noun

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

  1. ski
    Synonym: sneeuwschaats
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  • → Indonesian: ski

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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ski

  1. inflection of skiën:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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French

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Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

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Noun

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ski m (plural skis)

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch ski, 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).

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Noun

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ski (plural ski-ski)

  1. ski (one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow)

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Middle English

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Noun

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ski

  1. alternative form of sky

Mòcheno

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Etymology

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From Norwegian ski.

Noun

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ski m

  1. skiing

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Norwegian Bokmål

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A collection of Nordic, Telemark and alpine skis of various types.

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  • IPA(key): /ʃiː/, [ʃiː]
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: ski

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Norse skíð n (“board, billet; ski”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą n (“piece of wood, billet, board”), ultimately from *skey- (“to split”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ski, Icelandic skíði, Faroese skíð, Swedish skida, English shide (“split piece of wood”) and German Scheit (“log, billet”).

Noun

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

  1. one of a pair of long, narrow runners fastened to the feet for walking or gliding over snow; a ski
    gå på ski ― to ski
    • 1872, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne, page 127:
      kong Skule skred over Dovreskard med tusende svende på ski
      King Skule crossed Dovreskard with a thousand men on skis
    • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 97:
      Solvejg kommer på skier fremover moen
      Solveig comes across the moor on skis
    • 1925, Sigrid Undset, Olav Audunssøn i Hestviken I, page 329:
      [han] løp skier som en nyfødt kalv
      [he] skied like a newborn calf
    • 1997, Gunnar Staalesen, 1900 Morgenrød, page 102:
      på ski over fjellet
      on skis across the mountain
    • 2000, Tove Nilsen, Etter Kairo, page 89:
      en kode alle nordmenn kunne, kilometer etter kilometer, ski på bena og sekk på ryggen
      a code all Norwegians knew, kilometre after kilometre, skis on their feet and a rucksack on their back
    • 2001, Helene Uri, Dyp rød, page 315:
      det lå hvit nysnø på Drammensveien, og hele familien gikk på ski
      there was fresh white snow on Drammensveien, and the whole family went skiing
    • 2003, Tove Nilsen, Kreta-døgn, page 10:
      vi skulle slite med sløve skøyter og ski med dårlig glid
      we would struggle with blunt skates and skis with poor glide
    1. skiing; a trip or outing on skis
      • 2012, Lars Saabye Christensen, Norske stiler:
        vinterøvelser som ski og skøyter
        winter activities such as skiing and skating
  2. a runner resembling a ski under a sled, sleigh, or similar vehicle
    1. (aviation) a landing runner under an aircraft
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Etymology 2

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Variant of skie (“split piece of wood; board, plank, rail”); see that entry for the etymology.

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

  1. alternative form of skie (“split piece of wood; board, plank, rail”)

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  • “ski” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “ski” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • “ski” in Store norske leksikon.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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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Portuguese

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ski m (plural skis)

  1. alternative form of esqui

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈki/ [esˈki]
    • Rhymes: -i
  • IPA(key): /ˈski/ [ˈski]
    • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: ski

Noun

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ski m (plural skis)

  1. alternative form of esquí

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