How to pronounce skate
American English pronunciation
SKAYT
- IPA
- /ˈskeɪt/
- Syllables
- SKAYT (1 syllable)
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What skate means
Most people know skate in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A flat sea fish with wide fins shaped like wings
In a sentence: At the aquarium, a skate glided along the sandy bottom of the tank.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Old Norse skata, the name of this fish. It is a different word from skate, the blade for gliding on ice, which came from Dutch.
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