Meaning of Ski | Babel Free
skiːDefinitions
- One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
- One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
- A trip made by skiing.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
xizək
Български
ски
བོད་སྐད
གངས་ཤུར་གཏོང་ཡག
Galego
esquiar
Հայերեն
դահուկ
Bahasa Indonesia
ski
ქართული
თხილამური
Қазақша
шаңғы
ខ្មែរ
ស្គី
한국어
스키
Latina
narta
Latviešu
slēpe
Te Reo Māori
reti
Македонски
скија
Монгол
цана
မြန်မာဘာသာ
နှင်းလျှောစီး
Polski
narta
Slovenčina
lyža
Slovenščina
smučati
Svenska
skida
ไทย
สกี
Tiếng Việt
trượt tuyết
Examples
“Disaster at the newly opened ski resort where hard-driving tycoon Hudson is determined to double his not insubstantial investment while his ex-wife Mia is making whoopee with one of the locals championing ecology.”
“We skied back the way we had come for about thirty minutes when I saw her. Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.”
“Yilamujiang grew up in Altay, a prefecture bordering Mongolia in far northwest Xinjiang. Chinese officials consider the region the cradle of Alpine sport, after cave paintings of hunters on skis were dated at 10,000 years old. Locals still use hand-carved wooden skis covered in a horsehide, although mostly now for the benefit of tourists.”
“to go for a ski”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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