karate

See also: Karate, karaté, karatè, karatē, kárate, and káráte

English

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.ti/

• 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

• karate chop

Related terms

• karateka

Translations

martial art

• Afrikaans: karate (af)
• Arabic: كَارَاتِيه m (karātīh)
• Armenian: կարատե (hy) (karate)
• Belarusian: каратэ́ n (karaté)
• Bengali: কারাতে (karate)
• Burmese: ကရာတေး (my) (ka.rate:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空手 (zh) (kōngshǒu), 空手道 (zh) (kōngshǒudào)

• Czech: karate (cs) n
• Danish: karate c
• Esperanto: karateo (eo)
• Finnish: karate (fi)
• French: karaté (fr) m
• Georgian: კარატე (ka) (ḳaraṭe)
• German: Karate (de) n
• Greek: καράτε (el) n (karáte)
• Gujarati: કરાટે (karāṭe)
• Hebrew: קראטה m (kárate)
• Hindi: कराटे (karāṭe)
• Icelandic: karate n
• Indonesian: karate (id)
• Japanese: 空手 (ja) (からて, karate), 空手道 (ja) (からてどう, karatedō)
• Kannada: ಕರಾಟೆ (karāṭe)
• Khmer: ការ៉ាតេ (kaaraatee), ការ៉ាតេដូ (kaaraateedou)
• Korean: 카라테 (karate), 가라데 (garade), 공수도 (gongsudo)
• Kyrgyz: карате (karate)
• Lithuanian: karatė f
• Macedonian: кара́те n (karáte)
• Malay: karate
• Malayalam: കരാട്ടെ (karāṭṭe)
• Maori: karāti
• Nepali: कराते (karāte), कराटे (karāṭe)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karate m

  Nynorsk: karate m

• Persian: کاراته (fa) (kârâte)
• Polish: karate (pl) n
• Portuguese: caratê (pt) m, karaté (pt) m, caraté m
• Romanian: karate (ro), carate
• Russian: карате́ (ru) m (karatɛ́), каратэ́ (ru) m (karatɛ́)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: карате m

  Roman: karate m

• Sinhalese: කරාටේ (karāṭē)
• Sotho: karate (st)
• Spanish: karate (es)
• Swahili: karate
• Swedish: karate (sv) c
• Tagalog: karate
• Tajik: каратэ (karate)
• Tamil: கராத்தே (ta) (karāttē)
• Telugu: కరాటే (karāṭē)
• Thai: คาราเต้ (th) (kaa-raa-dtêe)
• Tibetan: ཁ་ར་ཏེ (kha ra te)
• Turkish: karate (tr)
• Ukrainian: карате́ (uk) n (karaté)
• Urdu: کراٹے (karāṭē)
• Vietnamese: không thủ đạo (vi), karate (vi)
• Yiddish: קאַראַטע (karate)

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

• ektara

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

karate (uncountable)

1. karate

Derived terms

• karatefederasie
• karatehou
• karatekampioen
• karatekampioenskap
• karateklub
• karatepak
• karatespan
• karatetegniek

Related terms

• karateka
• kata
• kihon
• kumite
• sensei

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈraː.tə/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Noun

karate n or m (uncountable)

1. karate (Japanese martial art)

Derived terms

• karateka
• karateslag
• karatetrap

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

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

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

• karateisku
• karatepotku

 

Further reading

• “karate”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• kaaret, kertaa, ketara, ratkea, trakea

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaːratɛː/

Noun

karate n (genitive singular karates, no plural)

1. karate

Declension

Declension of karate (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	karate	karateið
accusative	karate	karateið
dative	karate	karateinu
genitive	karates	karatesins

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “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)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

• karategi
• karateka

 

Further reading

• “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.

Japanese

Romanization

karate

1. Rōmaji transcription of からて

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

Noun

karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

1. karate

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Japanese 空手, via English karate.

Noun

karate m (definite singular karaten, uncountable)

1. karate

References

• “karate” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

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

• karateka

 

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

• IPA^(key): /kaˈra.te/

Noun

karate n (uncountable)

1. karate

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	karate	karateul
genitive-dative	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

• kárate

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

karate m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) karate

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 空手 (karate).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

karate class IX (plural karate class X)

1. karate

Swedish

Noun

karate c

1. karate

   Se upp, han kan karate!

   Watch out, he knows karate!

   en karatespark

   a karate kick

Declension

Declension of karate

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	karate	karates
	definite	karaten	karatens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• karatefylla
• karatespark

References

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

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

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

Noun

karate (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜆᜒ)

1. (martial arts) karate

Derived terms

• karatihin
• kumarate
• magkarate
• mangangarate

 

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• raketa