# skateboard
## English
### Etymology

From skate +‎ board.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

skateboard (plural skateboards)
* (sports, recreation) A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.
** 2018 July 13, Jaime Marie Davis, “How photographers have captured skateboarding through generations”, in CNN‎:In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.”
** 2024 July 27, Kyle Almond, “Ukrainian skateboarders take back their streets”, in CNN‎:“Maybe it’s a video to talk about the situation. They use the skateboard as their weapons to (educate) the generation around Europe and the world,” Tutenges said. “It’s a good way to keep talking about Ukraine.”
* (automotive) A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.

#### Derived terms

* electric skateboard
* e-skateboard
* skateboard deck
* skateboarding
* skateboard rail
* skateboard truck
* skateboard wheel

#### Translations
### Verb

skateboard (third-person singular simple present skateboards, present participle skateboarding, simple past and past participle skateboarded)
* (intransitive) To use a skateboard.
** 2016 May 27, David G. Allan, “Get on board: The new four-wheeled sport for everyone”, in CNN‎:“Mentally, it’s hard to live here,” a teenage skateboarder named Konstantino told him. “So we skateboard to free ourselves and heal ourselves. We go out into the street every day, as if it were our medicine.”
** 2024 July 27, Kyle Almond, “Ukrainian skateboarders take back their streets”, in CNN‎:He explained how the race was initially his idea, but it was Gay – a Bend resident ranked fourth in the world for the most miles skateboarded in 24 hours – who had to “sell the whole idea to the city” while seeking permission to host the race.

#### Translations
## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skateboard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈskɛjdbort], [ˈskɛjdboːrt]
* Hyphenation: skate‧board

### Noun

skateboard m inan (relational adjective skateboardový)
* skateboard

#### Derived terms

* skateboardista m anim
* skateboarďák m anim

#### Related terms

* skateboarding m inan

#### See also

* skatepark m inan
* snowboard m inan
* snowboarding m inan

### Further reading

* “skateboard”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈskeːt.bɔrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: skate‧board

### Noun

skateboard n (plural skateboards, diminutive skateboardje n)
* skateboard

#### Related terms

* skateboarden
* skateboarder

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɛt.bɔʁd/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

skateboard m (countable and uncountable, plural skateboards)
* (uncountable) skateboarding
    Synonyms: skate, planche à roulettes
    Le skateboard est l’une de ses activités favorites.Skateboarding is one of his favorite activities.
* (countable) skateboard
    Synonyms: skate m, planche de skate, planche à roulettes, planche à roues
    Ce magasin a vendu énormément de skateboards l’année passée.This store sold a huge number of skateboards last year.

#### Usage notes

Proscribed by the Office québécois de la langue française.

#### Related terms

* skateboardeur m
* skater m
* skateur m

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English skateboard.

### Noun

skateboard n (plural skateboarduri)
* skateboard

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

skateboard m (plural skateboards)
* skateboard

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* skejtboard

### Etymology

Borrowed from English skateboard.

### Noun

skateboard c
* a skateboard
    Synonyms: rullbräda, bräda (“board”)
    åka skateboardride a skateboard / go skateboarding
* (sports) skateboarding
    tävla i skateboardcompete in skateboarding

#### Derived terms

* skateboardåkare (“skateboarder”)
* skateboardåkning (“skateboarding”)

#### Related terms

* skateboarda

#### See also

* skejta
* skejtare
* snowboard
* wakeboard

### References

* skateboard in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* skateboard in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)