ski

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
2. One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.

Verb

1. To move on skis.
2. To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).

Sinònims

go skiing

skis

skate

skiing

wedel

slide

snow shoe

spiel off

schuss

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/skiː/

Etimologia (anglès)

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”)).