karate

Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), an orthographic borrowing from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī, “Chinese hand”).

• (UK) enPR: kə-räʹti, IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑː.ti/, /kəˈɹɑː.teɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹɑ.ti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːti

karate (uncountable)

1. An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
   • 2020 June 10, Ashley Vaughan, “This teenage martial artist creates videos to help superhero seniors stay active while in quarantine”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Wall taught karate at a local nursing home.

• karateka

karate (third-person singular simple present karates, present participle karateing, simple past and past participle karated)

1. (transitive, informal) To attack (somebody or something) with karate or similar techniques.

• ektara

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

• Audio:

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karate (uncountable)

1. karate

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaratɛ]

karate n (indeclinable)

1. karate

Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

karate c (singular definite karaten, not used in plural form)

1. karate

• karatefilm
• karateklub
• karatemester
• karatespark

• kung-fu

• “karate” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī, “Chinese hand”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈraː.tə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧te
• Rhymes: -aːtə

karate n or m (uncountable)

1. karate (Japanese martial art)

• karateka
• karateslag
• karatetrap

From Japanese 空手 (karate).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrɑte/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝t̪e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑte
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ra‧te
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧ra‧te

karate

1. (martial arts) karate

• “karate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

• kaaret, kertaa, ketara, ratkea, trakea

Borrowed from Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːratɛː/

karate n (genitive singular karates, no plural)

1. karate

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “karate”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “karate” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

From Japanese 空手(からて) (karate, literally “the state of being empty-handed”), from earlier 唐手(からて) (karate, literally “Tang Dynasty; China” + “hand”), from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ra.te/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧té

karaté

1. (sports, martial arts) karate; an Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting

• “karate” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

karate

1. Rōmaji transcription of からて

From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

1. karate

• “karate” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “karate” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

1. karate

• “karate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈra.tɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɛ
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

karate n (indeclinable)

1. karate

• karate in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• karate in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French karaté, from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈra.te/

karate n (uncountable)

1. karate

From Japanese 空手, from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

karàte m inan (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те)

1. karate

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

karate (Cyrillic spelling карате)

1. second-person plural present of karati

• kárate

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾate/ [kaˈɾa.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

karate m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) karate

• deporte de combate

• “karate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

• Audio (Kenya):

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karate class IX (plural karate class X)

1. karate

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate), from 唐手 (karate), from Okinawan 唐手 (tōdī).

karate c

1. karate

   Se upp, han kan karate!

   Watch out, he knows karate!

   en karatespark

   a karate kick

• karatefylla
• karatespark

• karate in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• karate in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Borrowed from Spanish karate or English karate, from Japanese 空手(からて) (karate), from 唐手(からて) (karate), from Okinawan 唐手(とーでぃー) (tōdī).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾate/ [kɐˈɾaː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

karate (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜆᜒ)

1. (martial arts) karate

• “karate”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “karate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78

• raketa