Definitions for kayakˈkaɪ æk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
kay•akˈkaɪ æk(n.)
an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
Category: Nautical, Anthropology, Navy, Sport
a small boat resembling this used in sports.
Category: Nautical, Navy, Sport
(v.i.)to go or travel by kayak.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Sport, Nautical, Navy
Origin of kayak:
1750–60; < Inuit qayaq
kay′ak•er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
kayak(verb)
a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos
kayak(verb)
travel in a small canoe
"we kayaked down the river"
Wiktionary
kayak(Noun)
A type of small boat, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position.
kayak(Verb)
to use a kayak, to travel or race in a kayak
Kayaking is an Olympic sport.
kayak(Verb)
to 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: From ᖃᔭᖅ, from qyaq.
Webster Dictionary
Kayak(noun)
a light canoe, made of skins stretched over a frame, and usually capable of carrying but one person, who sits amidships and uses a double-bladed paddle. It is peculiar to the Eskimos and other Arctic tribes
Translations for kayak
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
kayak(noun)
an open canoe, especially an Eskimo canoe made of sealskins stretched over a frame.
- kajakAfrikaans
- زَورق من الجِلْد يَسْتَعْمِلُه الأسكيموArabic
- каякBulgarian
- caiaquePortuguese (BR)
- kajakCzech
- der KajakGerman
- kajakDanish
- καγιάκ (πιρόγα Εσκιμώων)Greek
- kayakSpanish
- süst, kajakkEstonian
- کایاکFarsi
- kajakkiFinnish
- kayakFrench
- קָיָאקHebrew
- एस्किमो की डोंगीHindi
- kajakCroatian
- kajakHungarian
- kayakIndonesian
- kajakIcelandic
- kayakItalian
- カヤックJapanese
- 카약Korean
- kajakasLithuanian
- kajaksLatvian
- kayakMalay
- kajakDutch
- kajakkNorwegian
- kajakPolish
- نوع قايق كه اسكمو ها بر پاها مي بندندPersian
- د اسكموو يو ډول قايق چي پښؤو ته يي وركويPashto
- caiaquePortuguese
- caiacRomanian
- каякRussian
- kajakSlovak
- kajakSlovenian
- kajakSerbian
- kajakSwedish
- เรือล่าสัตว์ของชาวเอสกิโมหุ้มด้วยหนังสัตว์มีน้ำหนักเบาThai
- kayıkTurkish
- (尤指愛斯基摩)海豹皮製成的皮舟Chinese (Trad.)
- каякUkrainian
- اسکیمو قوم کی ایک نشست والی یکّہ کشتی جو لکڑی کے ڈھانچے پر سیل کی کھال منڈھ کر تیار کی جاتی ہےUrdu
- xuồng Cai AcVietnamese
- （爱斯基摩人用的）皮船Chinese (Simp.)
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