esqui

See also: esquí

Portuguese
esqui

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French ski, from Norwegian ski,[1][2] from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, tile”), from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to split, to dissect”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈki/, /esˈki/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈki/, /eʃˈki/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈki/

  • Hyphenation: es‧qui

Noun

esqui m (plural esquis)

  1. ski (one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water)
  2. (sports) skiing

References
  1. “esqui” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “esqui” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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