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). Cognate with Old English sċīd (“stick of wood”) (Modern English shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

• IPA^(key): /skiː/

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

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.

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

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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• IPA^(key): /ski/

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• Hyphenation: ski
• Rhymes: -i

Borrowed from Norwegian ski.

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

1. ski

   Synonym: sneeuwschaats

• skiën
• waterski

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ski

1. first-person singular present indicative of skiën
2. imperative of skiën

• sik

From Norwegian ski.

• IPA^(key): /ski/

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ski m (plural skis)

1. (countable) ski
2. (uncountable) skiing (sport)

   faire du ski ― go skiing

• → Asturian: esquí
• → Catalan: esquí
• → Galician: esquí
• → Persian: اسکی‎ (eski)
• → Portuguese: esqui
• → Romanian: schi
• → Spanish: esquí
  • → Basque: eski
  • → Tagalog: eski

• “ski”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ksi

ski

1. Alternative form of sky

From Norwegian ski.

ski m

1. skiing

• “ski” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/

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

• “ski” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• skid (pre-1901)
• skjítt (dialectal, set)

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃiː/, /sçiː/

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

1. ski

   gå på ski (plural) ― to ski

• “ski” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

ski m (plural skis)

1. Alternative form of esqui

From Old Norse skíð.

ski n

1. The left ski (right is called annar or ander).

• skibein n (“ski”)
• skibain m (“both skis and accessories”)

Compare Icelandic skjár, Faroese skíggi.

ski f

1. Thin membrane between the meat and skin.

• sjyen