karate

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word karate. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word karate, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say karate in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word karate you have here. The definition of the word karate will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofkarate, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Karate, karaté, karatè, karatē, kárate, and káráte

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て) (karate), from 唐(から)手(て) (karate), from Okinawan 唐手(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī, “Chinese hand”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: kə-räʹti, IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑː.ti/, /kəˈɹɑː.teɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɑ.ɾi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːti

Noun

karate (uncountable)

  1. An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

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.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

karate (uncountable)

  1. karate

Derived terms

Related terms

Czech

Noun

karate n (indeclinable)

  1. karate

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手.

Noun

karate

  1. karate

Declension

Declension of karate
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative karate karaten karate karateene
genitive karates karatens karates karateenes

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

karate n or m (uncountable)

  1. karate (Japanese martial art)

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

Noun

karate

  1. (martial arts) karate

Declension

Inflection of karate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative karate —
genitive karaten —
partitive karatea —
illative karateen —
singular plural
nominative karate —
accusative nom. karate —
gen. karaten
genitive karaten —
partitive karatea —
inessive karatessa —
elative karatesta —
illative karateen —
adessive karatella —
ablative karatelta —
allative karatelle —
essive karatena —
translative karateksi —
abessive karatetta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of karate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karateni —
accusative nom. karateni —
gen. karateni
genitive karateni —
partitive karateani —
inessive karatessani —
elative karatestani —
illative karateeni —
adessive karatellani —
ablative karateltani —
allative karatelleni —
essive karatenani —
translative karatekseni —
abessive karatettani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative karatesi —
accusative nom. karatesi —
gen. karatesi
genitive karatesi —
partitive karateasi —
inessive karatessasi —
elative karatestasi —
illative karateesi —
adessive karatellasi —
ablative karateltasi —
allative karatellesi —
essive karatenasi —
translative karateksesi —
abessive karatettasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative karatemme —
accusative nom. karatemme —
gen. karatemme
genitive karatemme —
partitive karateamme —
inessive karatessamme —
elative karatestamme —
illative karateemme —
adessive karatellamme —
ablative karateltamme —
allative karatellemme —
essive karatenamme —
translative karateksemme —
abessive karatettamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative karatenne —
accusative nom. karatenne —
gen. karatenne
genitive karatenne —
partitive karateanne —
inessive karatessanne —
elative karatestanne —
illative karateenne —
adessive karatellanne —
ablative karateltanne —
allative karatellenne —
essive karatenanne —
translative karateksenne —
abessive karatettanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative karatensa —
accusative nom. karatensa —
gen. karatensa
genitive karatensa —
partitive karateaan
karateansa 		—
inessive karatessaan
karatessansa 		—
elative karatestaan
karatestansa 		—
illative karateensa —
adessive karatellaan
karatellansa 		—
ablative karateltaan
karateltansa 		—
allative karatelleen
karatellensa 		—
essive karatenaan
karatenansa 		—
translative karatekseen
karateksensa 		—
abessive karatettaan
karatettansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

karate n (genitive singular karates, no plural)

  1. karate

Indonesian

Etymology

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

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(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ra.te/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧té

Noun

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

Related terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

karate

  1. Rōmaji transcription of からて

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

Noun

karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

  1. karate

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

Noun

karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

  1. karate

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈra.tɛ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɛ
  • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

Noun

karate n (indeclinable)

  1. karate

Related terms

noun

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French karaté.

Pronunciation

Noun

karate n (uncountable)

  1. karate

Declension

declension of karate (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) karate karateul
genitive/dative (unui) karate karateului
vocative karateule

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

karàte m (Cyrillic spelling кара̀те)

  1. karate
Declension
Declension of karate
singular plural
nominative karate karatei
genitive karatea karatea
dative karateu karateima
accusative karate karatee
vocative karateu / karatee karatei
locative karateu karateima
instrumental karateom karateima

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

karate (Cyrillic spelling карате)

  1. second-person plural present of karati

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾate/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧te

Noun

karate m (uncountable)

  1. (martial arts) karate

Hypernyms

Further reading

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

Noun

karate (n class, plural karate)

  1. karate

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

karate c

  1. karate

Declension

Declension of karate 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative karate karaten — —
Genitive karates karatens — —

Derived terms

References

Tagalog

Etymology

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(とぅーでぃー) (tūdī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾate/,
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧te

Noun

karate (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜆᜒ)

  1. (martial arts) karate

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “karate” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “karate”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 78
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia