scooter

See also: Scooter

English

Etymology

From scoot + -er.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

Noun

scooter (plural scooters)

  1. A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
  2. A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
  3. A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
  4. An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.
  5. Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.

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Verb

scooter (third-person singular simple present scooters, present participle scootering, simple past and past participle scootered)

  1. To ride on a scooter.
    • 2005, October 24, Love Those Boomers:
      But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices []

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsku.tər/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -utər

Noun

scooter

scooter m (plural scooters, diminutive scootertje n)

  1. scooter

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sku.tœʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

scooter m (plural scooters)

  1. scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)

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Italian

Uno scooter – A scooter

Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsku.ter/, [ˈs̪kuːt̪er̺]
  • Hyphenation: scoo‧ter

Noun

scooter m (invariable)

  1. (vehicles) scooter, specifically:
    1. (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht, designed to travel over ice.
    2. motor scooter
    3. Short for acquascooter; water scooter

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English scooter

Noun

scooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scootere, definite plural scooterne)

  1. a scooter (type of motorcycle)
  2. short for snøscooter, vannscooter.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English scooter

Noun

scooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scooterar, definite plural scooterane)

  1. a scooter (type of motorcycle)
  2. short for snøscooter, vasscooter etc..

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Spanish

Noun

scooter m (plural scooters or scooter)

  1. scooter (vehicle)
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