Meaning

5 senses
  1. A person who skates.

    Schlittschuhläufer, Schlittschuhläuferin, Eisläufer

    конькобе́жецkonʹkobéžec, конькобе́жкаkonʹkobéžka

    ковзаня́рkovzanjár, ковзаня́ркаkovzanjárka, конькобі́жецьkonʹkobížecʹ

    someone who skates

  2. A skateboarder.

  3. A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.

    скейтборди́стskejtbordíst, скейтборди́сткаskejtbordístka

  4. A player who is not a goaltender.

    Feldspieler

  5. Synonym of water strider.

Examples

68 sentences
  1. Tom is a good skater, isn't he?

    Том добре катається на ковзанах, правда?

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  2. Who's your favorite figure skater?

    Хто твій улуюблений фігурист?

    ruКто твой любимый фигурист?

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  3. My brother is a good skater.

    ruМой брат хорошо катается на коньках.

    deMein Bruder ist ein guter Skater.

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  4. You're a good skater, aren't you?

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  5. Tom is an incredibly good skater.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who skates:
Русский
By meaning 2
person who skates:
member of skateboarding subculture:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who skates:
ice hockey: player other than goaltender:

Origin

From skate + -er.

From skate + -er.

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Forms

plural: skaters
Singularskater
Pluralskaters

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
in ice hockey:field player

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • good skater
  • very good skater
  • a good skater
  • figure skater
  • good figure skater
  • pretty good skater

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
skater — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto