Meanings
nounkarateka (plural karateka or karatekas)
plural karatekas
- A practitioner of karate.
Another 60 karatekas will go head to head in kumite, three-minute sparring bouts in which athletes attempt to land a series of precise blows on their opponent’s body.
2021 July 19, Megan McCluskey, “New Sports”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 78
Origin
- Japanese空手家
- Englishkarateka
From Japanese 空手家 (karateka).
More words from Japanese
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Afrikaans karateka
- karatekapractitioner of karate
Finnish karateka
- karatekapractitioner of karate
French karatéka, karatékate
- karatékapractitioner of karate
- karatékatepractitioner of karate
Greek καρατέκα
- καρατέκα (karatéka)practitioner of karate
Indonesian karateka
- karatekapractitioner of karate
Japanese 空手家
- 空手家 (karateka)practitioner of karate
Persian کاراتهکا, کاراتهکار
- کاراتهکا (kârâte-kâ)practitioner of karate
- کاراتهکار (kârâte-kâr)practitioner of karate
Polish karateka, karateczka
- karatekapractitioner of karate
- karateczkapractitioner of karate
Portuguese carateca
- caratecapractitioner of karate
Romanian karateka
- karatekapractitioner of karate
Russian каратэ́ка, карати́ст
- каратэ́ка (karatɛ́ka)practitioner of karate
- карати́ст (karatíst)practitioner of karate
- карати́стка (karatístka)practitioner of karate
Spanish karateka
- karatekapractitioner of karate
Tagalog mangangarate
- mangangaratepractitioner of karate
Cite this entry
APA
karateka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/karateka
MLA
“karateka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/karateka. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “karateka,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/karateka.
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