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Webster 1913 Edition
Skater
Skat′er
,Noun.
1.
One who skates.
2.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to
Gerris
, Pyrrhocoris
, Prostemma
, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating. Webster 1828 Edition
Skater
SKATER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
skater
skater
English
Noun
skater (plural skaters)
- A person who skates.
- A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
- (ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.
- Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.
Synonyms
- (in ice hockey): field player
- (insect): water strider
Translations
person who skates
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ice hockey: player other than goaltender
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insect — see water strider
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Verb
skater
- to skateboard
Conjugation
Conjugation of skater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | skater | avoir skaté | |||||
| gerund | en skatant | en ayant skaté | |||||
| present participle | skatant /skɛ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | skaté /skɛ.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | skate /skɛt/ |
skates /skɛt/ |
skate /skɛt/ |
skatons /skɛ.tɔ̃/ |
skatez /skɛ.te/ |
skatent /skɛt/ |
| imperfect | skatais /skɛ.tɛ/ |
skatais /skɛ.tɛ/ |
skatait /skɛ.tɛ/ |
skations /skɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
skatiez /skɛ.tje/ |
skataient /skɛ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | skatai /skɛ.te/ |
skatas /skɛ.ta/ |
skata /skɛ.ta/ |
skatâmes /skɛ.tam/ |
skatâtes /skɛ.tat/ |
skatèrent /skɛ.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | skaterai /skɛ.tʁe/ |
skateras /skɛ.tʁa/ |
skatera /skɛ.tʁa/ |
skaterons /skɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
skaterez /skɛ.tʁe/ |
skateront /skɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | skaterais /skɛ.tʁɛ/ |
skaterais /skɛ.tʁɛ/ |
skaterait /skɛ.tʁɛ/ |
skaterions /skɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
skateriez /skɛ.tə.ʁje/ |
skateraient /skɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | skate /skɛt/ |
skates /skɛt/ |
skate /skɛt/ |
skations /skɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
skatiez /skɛ.tje/ |
skatent /skɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
skatasse /skɛ.tas/ |
skatasses /skɛ.tas/ |
skatât /skɛ.ta/ |
skatassions /skɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
skatassiez /skɛ.ta.sje/ |
skatassent /skɛ.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | skate /skɛt/ |
— | skatons /skɛ.tɔ̃/ |
skatez /skɛ.te/ |
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