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kayak — [ kajak ] n. m. • kaiak 1837; cayac 1829; mot esquimau 1 ♦ Canot de pêche groenlandais, étroit et long, fabriqué en peau de phoque. 2 ♦ Par anal. Petite embarcation de sport en toile, à une ou deux places, qui se manœuvre à la pagaie. ⇒ canoë.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
kayak — noun Etymology: Inuit qayaq Date: 1757 1. an Eskimo canoe made of a frame covered with skins except for a small opening in the center and propelled by a double bladed paddle 2. a portable boat styled like an Eskimo kayak • kayak intransitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
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kayak — a portable boat, originally skin covered, with a small central opening in which the boater is ensconced, propelled by a double bladed paddle. From the Inuit word qayaq … Dictionary of ichthyology
kayak — kayaker, n. /kuy ak/, n. 1. an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double bladed paddle. 2. a small boat resembling this, made commercially … Universalium
Eskimo-Aleut languages — Family of languages spoken in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, U.S., and eastern Siberia by the Eskimo and Aleut peoples. Aleut, distantly related to the Eskimo languages, consists of eastern and western dialects; today both are spoken by fewer than… … Universalium
Kayak — ► sustantivo masculino 1 NÁUTICA Canoa de pesca usada por los esquimales y hecha con pieles de foca extendidas sobre un armazón de madera. IRREG. plural kayaks 2 DEPORTES, NÁUTICA Canoa para paseo o competiciones deportivas, hecha con tela… … Enciclopedia Universal
kayak — (n.) 1757, from Dan. kajak, from Greenland Eskimo qayaq, lit. small boat of skins. The verb is attested from 1875, from the noun … Etymology dictionary
