Meanings
plural roller skates · alternative rollerskate · alternative roller-skate
- A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating.
Synonyms: roller boot
present singular third person roller skates · participle present roller skating · participle past roller skated · past roller skated · alternative rollerskate · alternative roller-skate
- To skate using roller skates.
A fragrance drifts by, and a memory is evoked. My feet have not forgotten how to roller-skate, and my hands remember skills that I was hardly aware I had learned.
1982 March 18, Eric J. Cassel[l], “The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 306, number 11, →DOI, page 6421 more example
I rode my bicycle past your window last night / I roller skated to your door at daylight / It almost seems like you're avoiding me / I'm okay alone, but you got somethin' I need
1971, Melanie, “Brand New Key”
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating.
Translations
Bulgarian ролери, ролкови кънки
- ролери (roleri)a boot having small wheels
- ролкови кънки (rolkovi kănki)a boot having small wheels
Catalan patí de rodes
- patí de rodesa boot having small wheels
Chinese Cantonese roller鞋
- roller鞋 (lou¹ laa² haai⁴)a boot having small wheels
Chinese Mandarin 輪滑冰鞋 /轮滑冰鞋, 旱冰鞋
- 輪滑冰鞋 /轮滑冰鞋 (lúnhuá bīngxié)a boot having small wheels
- 旱冰鞋 (hànbīngxié)a boot having small wheels
- 輪滑 /轮滑 (lúnhuá)to skate using roller skates
Dutch rolschaats, rolschaatsen
- rolschaatsa boot having small wheels
- rolschaatsento skate using roller skates
Esperanto rulsketilo, rulŝuo
- rulsketiloa boot having small wheels
- rulŝuoa boot having small wheels
Finnish rullaluistin, rullaluistella
- rullaluistina boot having small wheels
- rullaluistellato skate using roller skates
French patin à roulettes
- patin à roulettesa boot having small wheels
German Rollschuh
- Rollschuha boot having small wheels
Greek πατίνι
- πατίνι (patíni)a boot having small wheels
Hindi रोलर स्केट, रोलर स्केट
- रोलर स्केट (rolar skeṭ)a boot having small wheels
- रोलर स्केट (rolar skeṭ)to skate using roller skates
Hungarian görkorcsolya, görkorcsolyázik
- görkorcsolyaa boot having small wheels
- görkorcsolyázikto skate using roller skates
Icelandic hjólaskauti
- hjólaskautia boot having small wheels
Indonesian sepatu roda
- sepatu rodaa boot having small wheels
Japanese ローラースケート, ローラースケートをする
- ローラースケート (rōrāsukēto)a boot having small wheels
- ローラースケートをする (rōrāsukēto o suru)to skate using roller skates
Korean 롤러 스케이트, 롤러 스케이트를 타다
- 롤러 스케이트 (rolleo seukeiteu)a boot having small wheels
- 롤러 스케이트를 타다 (rolleo seukeiteu-reul tada)to skate using roller skates
Norwegian Bokmål rulleskøyte
- rulleskøytea boot having small wheels
Persian رولر اسکیت, اسکیترولر
- رولر اسکیت (roler-e eskeyt)a boot having small wheels
- اسکیترولر (eskeyt-roler)a boot having small wheels
Polish wrotka, rolka
- wrotkaa boot having small wheels
- rolkaa boot having small wheels
- łyżworolkaa boot having small wheels
- jeździć na rolkachto skate using roller skates
Portuguese patim, roller
- patima boot having small wheels
- rollera boot having small wheels
- patinarto skate using roller skates
Russian ро́лик, ро́лики
- ро́лик (rólik)a boot having small wheels
- ро́лики (róliki)a boot having small wheels
- ро́ликовый конёк (rólikovyj konjók)a boot having small wheels
- ро́ликовые коньки́ (rólikovyje konʹkí)a boot having small wheels
- ката́ться на ро́ликах (katátʹsja na rólikax)to skate using roller skates
Spanish patín, patín de ruedas
- patína boot having small wheels
- patín de ruedasa boot having small wheels
Swedish rullskridsko
- rullskridskoa boot having small wheels
Turkish paten
- patena boot having small wheels
Cite this entry
roller skate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roller%20skate
“roller skate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roller%20skate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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