skateboard

See also: Skateboard

English

A standard skateboard

Etymology

skate +‎ board

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

skateboard (plural skateboards)

1. (sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
2. (automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• electric skateboard
• e-skateboard
• skateboard deck
• skateboarding
• skateboard rail
• skateboard truck
• skateboard wheel

Translations

sports/recreation platform on wheels

• Afrikaans: skaatsplank
• Arabic: لَوْح اَلتَّزَلُّج (lawḥ at-tazalluj)
• Armenian: սքեյթբորդ (hy) (skʻeytʻbord), սքեյթ (hy) (skʻeytʻ) (colloquial)
• Belarusian: скейтбо́рд m (skjejtbórd)
• Breton: plankenn-ruilh
• Bulgarian: скейтборд m (skejtbord)
• Catalan: monopatí (ca) m
• Central Melanau: asok jului
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 滑板 (waat⁶ baan²)

  Mandarin: 滑板 (zh) (huábǎn)

• Cornish: rostell f
• Czech: skateboard m
• Dutch: skateboard (nl) n
• Esperanto: rultabulo
• Estonian: rula
• Faroese: rullifjøl f, rennifjøl f
• Finnish: skeittilauta (fi), skede (fi) (slang), rullalauta (fi)
• French: planche à roulettes (fr) f (dated), skateboard (fr) m, skate (fr) m
• Galician: monopatín m
• Georgian: სკეიტბორდი (sḳeiṭbordi)
• German: Skateboard (de) n
• Greek: σκέιτμπορντ (el) n (skéitmpornt)
• Hawaiian: papa huila
• Hebrew: סקייטבורד (skeitbord)
• Hindi: स्केटबोर्ड (skeṭborḍ)
• Hungarian: gördeszka (hu)
• Icelandic: hjólabretti n
• Indonesian: papan luncur
• Irish: clár scátála m
• Italian: skateboard (it) m
• Japanese: スケートボード (ja) (sukētobōdo)
• Kazakh: скейтборд (skeitbord)
• Korean: 스케이트보드 (seukeiteubodeu)
• Latin: tabula subrotata f
• Latvian: skrituļdēlis m
• Lithuanian: riedlentė
• Macedonian: скејтборд (mk) m (skejtbord)
• Malay:

  Jawi: ڤاڤن لونچور

  Rumi: papan luncur, papan selaju, papan roda

• Maori: papawīra
• Mongolian: мод (mn) (mod)
• Norman: plianche à rouôlettes f
• Norwegian: rullebrett
• Persian: تخته‌اسکیت (taxte-eskeyt), اسکیت‌بورد (eskeyt-bord)
• Polish: deskorolka (pl) f, deska (pl) (colloquially)
• Portuguese: skate (pt) m, esqueite (pt) m
• Russian: скейтбо́рд (ru) m (skejtbórd), скейт (ru) m (skejt) (colloquial)
• Sardinian: patinetta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скејтборд m

  Roman: skejtbord (sh) m

• Slovak: skejtbord m
• Slovene: rolka f
• Spanish: monopatín (es) m, patineta (es) f (Latin America), skate (anglicism)
• Swedish: skateboard (sv) c, rullbräda (sv) c, bräda (sv) c (board) (when clear from context)
• Thai: สเกตบอร์ด (sà-gét-bɔ̀ɔt)
• Tigrinya: መንሻተቲ ጣውላ (mänšatäti ṭawla)
• Turkish: kaykay (tr)
• Ukrainian: скейтбо́рд m (skejtbórd)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} ván trượt
• Welsh: bwrdd sgrialu m
• Yiddish: סקייטבאָרד (skeytbord)

Verb

skateboard (third-person singular simple present skateboards, present participle skateboarding, simple past and past participle skateboarded)

1. (intransitive) To use a skateboard.

Translations

to use a skateboard

• Cornish: rostella
• Dutch: skateboarden (nl)
• Esperanto: rultabulumi
• Finnish: skeitata (fi), skedettää, rullalautailla (fi)
• French: skater (fr), faire du skate
• Hungarian: gördeszkázik (hu)
• Icelandic: (slang) skeita
• Irish: clárscátáil
• Polish: jechać na deskorolce (pl) impf (now), jeździć na deskorolce (pl) impf (regularly)
• Portuguese: andar de skate
• Swedish: åka skateboard, skateboarda, skejta (sv), åka bräda
• Turkish: kaykay yapmak (tr)
• Welsh: sgrialu

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskeːt.bɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: skate‧board

Noun

skateboard n (plural skateboards, diminutive skateboardje n)

1. skateboard

Related terms

• skateboarder m

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɛt.bɔʁd/

• Audio:

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Noun

skateboard m (countable and uncountable, plural skateboards)

1. (uncountable) skateboarding

   Synonyms: skate, planche à roulettes

   Le skateboard est l’une de ses activités favorites.

   Skateboarding is one of his favorite activities.

2. (countable) skateboard

   Synonyms: skate m, planche de skate, planche à roulettes, planche à roues

   Ce magasin a vendu énormément de skateboards l’année passée.

   This store sold a huge number of skateboards last year.

Usage notes

Proscribed by the Office québécois de la langue française.

Related terms

• skateboardeur m
• skater m
• skateur m

 

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skateboard.

Noun

skateboard n (plural skateboarduri)

1. skateboard

Declension

Declension of skateboard

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) skateboard	skateboardul	(niște) skateboarduri	skateboardurile
genitive/dative	(unui) skateboard	skateboardului	(unor) skateboarduri	skateboardurilor
vocative	skateboardule		skateboardurilor

Spanish

Noun

skateboard m (plural skateboards)

1. skateboard

Swedish

Alternative forms

• skejtboard

Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

Noun

skateboard c

1. a skateboard

   Synonyms: rullbräda, bräda (“board”)

   åka skateboard

   ride a skateboard / go skateboarding

2. (sports) skateboarding

   tävla i skateboard

   compete in skateboarding

Declension

Declension of skateboard
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skateboard	skateboarden	skateboards, skateboardar	skateboardarna
Genitive	skateboards	skateboardens	skateboards, skateboardars	skateboardarnas

Derived terms

• skateboardåkare (“skateboarder”)
• skateboardåkning (“skateboarding”)

Related terms

• skateboarda

See also

• skejta
• skejtare
• snowboard
• wakeboard

References

• skateboard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skateboard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)