kayak

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UK, US/ˈkaɪˌæk/

noun

A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.

“Kayaking is an Olympic sport.”

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Meanings

nounkayak (plural kayaks)

plural kayaks · alternative kaiak · alternative kiack · alternative kyack · alternative kyak · alternative qayaq · alternative kayack · alternative qajaq

  1. A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.

    It’s just offshore from private property inaccessible to the general public, so a good way to approach the rock is by kayak, which can be rented in the small village of Port Austin.

    2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN
verbkayak (third-person singular simple present kayaks, present participle kayaking, simple past and past participle kayaked)

present singular third person kayaks · participle present kayaking · participle past kayaked · past kayaked · alternative kaiak · alternative kiack · alternative kyack · alternative kyak · alternative qayaq · alternative kayack · alternative qajaq

  1. intransitiveTo use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak.

    Kayaking is an Olympic sport.

  2. transitiveTo traverse (a body of water) by kayak.

    On a dare, he kayaked the Harlem River in New York from Hell's Gate to Spyten Duyvil.

Origin

  1. Proto-Eskimo*qayaʁ
  2. Inuktitutᖃᔭᖅ“hunter's boat”
  3. Englishkayak

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.

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Translations

Arabic قَيَاق, كَيَاك
  • قَيَاق (qayāq)a type of small boat
  • كَيَاك (kayāk)a type of small boat
Catalan caiac
  • caiaca type of small boat
Chinese Mandarin 皮艇, 獨木舟 /独木舟
  • 皮艇 (pítǐng)a type of small boat
  • 獨木舟 /独木舟 (dúmùzhōu)a type of small boat
Czech kajak
  • kajaka type of small boat
Danish kajak
  • kajaka type of small boat
Dutch kajak, kajakken
  • kajaka type of small boat
  • kajakkento use a kayak to travel or race
Esperanto kajako
  • kajakoa type of small boat
Finnish kajakki, meloa
  • kajakkia type of small boat
  • meloato use a kayak to travel or race
  • meloa kajakillato use a kayak to travel or race
  • kajakoidato use a kayak to travel or race
  • meloato traverse a body of water by kayak
  • meloa kajakillato traverse a body of water by kayak
  • kajakoidato traverse a body of water by kayak
French kayak, kayaker
  • kayaka type of small boat
  • kayakerto use a kayak to travel or race
German Kajak
  • Kajaka type of small boat
Hebrew קיאק
  • קיאק (kayak)a type of small boat
Hungarian kajak
  • kajaka type of small boat
Icelandic kajak
  • kajaka type of small boat
Indonesian kayak
  • kayaka type of small boat
Japanese カヤック
  • カヤック (kayakku)a type of small boat
Korean 카약
  • 카약 (kayak)a type of small boat
Latvian kajaks
  • kajaksa type of small boat
Māori kōreti, kōreti
  • kōretia type of small boat
  • kōretito use a kayak to travel or race
  • hoe kōretito use a kayak to travel or race
  • kōretito traverse a body of water by kayak
  • hoe kōretito traverse a body of water by kayak
Norwegian Bokmål kajakk, padle kajakk
  • kajakka type of small boat
  • padle kajakkto use a kayak to travel or race
Persian کایاک, قایق
  • کایاک (kâyâk)a type of small boat
  • قایق (qâyeq)a type of small boat
Polish kajak
  • kajaka type of small boat
Portuguese caiaque
  • caiaquea type of small boat
Russian байда́рка, кая́к
  • байда́рка (bajdárka)a type of small boat
  • кая́к (kaják)a type of small boat
Scottish Gaelic caidheag
  • caidheaga type of small boat
Spanish kayak, kayac
  • kayaka type of small boat
  • kayaca type of small boat
  • cayaca type of small boat
Swedish kajak, paddla
  • kajaka type of small boat
  • paddlato use a kayak to travel or race
Thai เรือเล็กๆ, เรือบด
  • เรือเล็กๆ (reua lék lék)a type of small boat
  • เรือบด (reua bòt)a type of small boat
  • คายัค (kaa-yák)a type of small boat
Turkish eskimo kayığı, kayık
  • eskimo kayığıa type of small boat
  • kayıka type of small boat
  • teknea type of small boat

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