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Definitions and meaning of karate

karate

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), from Okinawan 唐手(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kə-räʹti, IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑː.ti/, /kəˈɹɑː.teɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑ.ɾi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːti

Noun

karate (uncountable)

1. An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.

Derived terms

• karate chop

Related terms

• karaoke
• karateka

Translations

Verb

karate (third-person singular simple present karates, present participle karateing, simple past and past participle karated)

1. (transitive, informal) To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.

Anagrams

• ektara

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).

Pronunciation

Noun

karate (uncountable)

1. karate

Derived terms

Related terms

Czech

Noun

karate n (indeclinable)

1. karate

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手.

Noun

karate

1. karate

Declension

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈraː.tə/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧te
• Rhymes: -aːtə

Noun

karate n or m (uncountable)

1. karate (Japanese martial art)

Derived terms

• karateka
• karateslag
• karatetrap

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrɑte/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝t̪e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑte
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ra‧te

Noun

karate

1. (martial arts) karate

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “karate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• kaaret, kertaa, ketara, ratkea, trakea

Icelandic

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːratɛː/

Noun

karate n (genitive singular karates, no plural)

1. karate

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 空手(からて) (karate, literally “the state of being empty-handed”), from earlier 唐手(からて) (karate, literally “Tang Dynasty; China” + “hand”), from Okinawan 唐手(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ra.te/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧té

Noun

karaté

1. (sports, martial arts) karate; an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting

Related terms

Further reading

• “karate” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

karate

1. Rōmaji transcription of からて

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

Noun

karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

1. karate

References

• “karate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “karate” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

Noun

karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

1. karate

References

• “karate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈra.tɛ/
• Rhymes: -atɛ
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

Noun

karate n (indeclinable)

1. karate

Related terms

Further reading

• karate in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• karate in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French karaté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈra.te/

Noun

karate n (uncountable)

1. karate

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).

Noun

karàte m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те)

1. karate

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

karate (Cyrillic spelling карате)

1. second-person plural present of karati

Spanish

Alternative forms

• kárate

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tūdī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾate/ [kaˈɾa.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

Noun

karate m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) karate

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

Further reading

• “karate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

Noun

karate (n class, plural karate)

1. karate

Swedish

Noun

karate c

1. karate

Declension

Derived terms

• karatefylla
• karatespark

References

• karate in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• karate in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish karate or English karate, from Japanese 空手(からて) (karate), from 唐手(からて) (karate), from Okinawan 唐手(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧te
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾate/, [kɐˈɾa.tɛ]

Noun

karate (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜆᜒ)

1. (martial arts) karate

Derived terms

Further reading

• “karate” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “karate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78

Source: wiktionary.org