skier
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskiːə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːə(ɹ)
Derived terms
Translations
someone who practices skiing
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskaɪə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Noun
skier (plural skiers)
- (cricket) A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch.
- 2002, Jeff Green, "New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo:
- However, when Guha returned, she picked the wrong ball to pull and hit a skier to Charlotte Edwards.
- 2012, Harry Pearson, "There's always a catch – unless it's me or Monty underneath the ball", The Guardian:
- The second thing I did my best to get out of was the unpleasant position Monty found himself in rather too often in Sri Lanka: standing under a skier in the deep.
- 2002, Jeff Green, "New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo:
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skje/, /ski.e/
Audio (file)
Conjugation
Conjugation of skier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | skier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | skiant /skjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | skié /skje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | skie /ski/ |
skies /ski/ |
skie /ski/ |
skions /skjɔ̃/ |
skiez /skje/ |
skient /ski/ |
| imperfect | skiais /skjɛ/ |
skiais /skjɛ/ |
skiait /skjɛ/ |
skiions /ski.jɔ̃/ |
skiiez /ski.je/ |
skiaient /skjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | skiai /skje/ |
skias /skja/ |
skia /skja/ |
skiâmes /skjam/ |
skiâtes /skjat/ |
skièrent /skjɛʁ/ | |
| future | skierai /ski.ʁe/ |
skieras /ski.ʁa/ |
skiera /ski.ʁa/ |
skierons /ski.ʁɔ̃/ |
skierez /ski.ʁe/ |
skieront /ski.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | skierais /ski.ʁɛ/ |
skierais /ski.ʁɛ/ |
skierait /ski.ʁɛ/ |
skierions /ski.ʁjɔ̃/ |
skieriez /ski.ʁje/ |
skieraient /ski.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | skie /ski/ |
skies /ski/ |
skie /ski/ |
skiions /ski.jɔ̃/ |
skiiez /ski.je/ |
skient /ski/ |
| imperfect2 | skiasse /skjas/ |
skiasses /skjas/ |
skiât /skja/ |
skiassions /skja.sjɔ̃/ |
skiassiez /skja.sje/ |
skiassent /skjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | skie /ski/ |
— | skions /skjɔ̃/ |
skiez /skje/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “skier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skjɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɛr
- Syllabification: skier
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