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ski

Pronunciation: /ʃiː/

“ski” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. one of a pair of long, narrow runners fastened to the feet for walking or gliding over snow; a ski
  2. skiing; a trip or outing on skis
  3. a runner resembling a ski under a sled, sleigh, or similar vehicle
  4. a landing runner under an aircraft

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse skíð n (“board, billet; ski”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą n (“piece of wood, billet, board”), ultimately from *skey- (“to split”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk ski, Icelandic skíði, Faroese skíð, Swedish skida, English shide (“split piece of wood”) and German Scheit (“log, billet”).

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