# scooter
## English
### Etymology

From scoot +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)

### Noun

scooter (plural scooters)
* 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.
* An electric version of the kick scooter.
    Synonyms: e-scooter, motorized scooter
* A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
* A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled or elderly people.
* 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.
* Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
* A scooter skirt (skort), especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform.
** 2017, Classroom Uniforms Catalog 2017‎, page 6:Bow Pocket Scooter […] Pull-on twill scooter with three-pleat front, […]
** 2021, French Toast Catalog 2022‎, page 10:With thoughtful details like shorts hidden under scooters, wrinkle-resistant, moisture-wicking fabrics, power knees and strength, stretch, and adjustability exactly where growing kids need it most, […]

#### Derived terms

* air scooter
* diving scooter
* dog scooter
* gym scooter
* ice scooter
* kick scooter
* knee scooter
* maxiscooter
* mobility scooter
* motorized scooter
* motor scooter
* push scooter
* scooterboy
* scootering
* scooterist
* sea scooter
* sky scooter
* snow scooter
* square scooter
* water scooter

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: স্কুটার (skuṭar)
* → Catalan: escúter
* → Czech: skútr
* → Danish: scooter
* → Dutch: scooter
* → Finnish: skootteri
* → French: scooter
* → German: Scooter
* → Italian: scooter
* → Japanese: スクーター (sukūtā)
* → Korean: 스쿠터 (seukuteo)
* → Malay: skuter
* → Norwegian Bokmål: scooter
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: scooter
* → Polish: skuter
* → Portuguese: scooter
* → Romanian: scuter
* → Spanish: escúter; scooter
* → Swedish: skoter

#### See also

* moped

### Verb

scooter (third-person singular simple present scooters, present participle scootering, simple past and past participle scootered)
* (intransitive) To ride on a scooter.
    Synonym: scoot
** 2005 October 24, “Love Those Boomers”, in Business Week‎:But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices […]

#### Derived terms

* scootering

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Cooters, cooters

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsku.tər/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -utər

### Noun

scooter m (plural scooters, diminutive scootertje n)
* motor scooter

### See also

* motorfiets

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sku.tœʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

scooter m (plural scooters)
* scooter (motor-powered bicycle, sailing vessel)

### Further reading

* “scooter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English scooter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsku.ter/
* Rhymes: -uter
* Hyphenation: scoo‧ter

### Noun

scooter m (invariable)
* (vehicles) scooter, specifically:
* (nautical) a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht, designed to travel over ice
** motor scooter
** Short for acquascooter; water scooter

#### Derived terms

* acquascooter
* scooterista

### References

* ↑ scooter in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* costerò, cretoso, estorco, scoterò

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English scooter.

### Noun

scooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scootere, definite plural scooterne)
* a scooter (type of motorcycle)
* short for snøscooter, vannscooter.

#### Alternative forms

* skuter

#### Derived terms

* snøscooter
* vannscooter

### References

* “scooter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “scooter” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English scooter.

### Noun

scooter m (definite singular scooteren, indefinite plural scooterar, definite plural scooterane)
* a scooter (type of motorcycle)
* short for snøscooter, vasscooter etc..

#### Alternative forms

* skuter

#### Derived terms

* snøscooter
* vasscooter, vass-scooter

### References

* “scooter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /esˈkuteɾ/ [esˈku.t̪eɾ]
* Rhymes: -uteɾ

### Noun

scooter m (plural scooters or scooter)
* scooter (vehicle)

### Further reading

* “scooter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

scooter c
* a motor scooter (small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame)
    Synonyms: vespa, (when clear from context) skoter
* (chiefly in some compounds) scooter
    Synonym: (much more common with the exception of elscooter) skoter

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | scooter | scooters |
| singular | definite | scootern | scooterns |
| plural | indefinite | scootrar | scootrars |
| plural | definite | scootrarna | scootrarnas |

### References

* scooter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* scooter in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)