kayaker

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ

Proto-Inuit *qayaq

Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)bor.

English kayak

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English kayaker

From kayak + -er.

Noun

kayaker (plural kayakers)

1. One who kayaks.

   Synonym: kayakist

   • 2017 March 10, Richmond & Twickenham Times:

     A kayaker who was thrown from his boat and was being swept towards Teddington Weir was saved from a possible "fatal injury" by a brave rescue lifeboat team.

   • 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Kayaking out in pre-dawn darkness to catch the sunrise behind Turnip Rock is a special treat for experienced kayakers.

Translations

one who kayaks

Czech: kajakář (cs) m, kajakářka (cs) f Danish: kajakroer c Estonian: süstasõitja Finnish: meloja (fi), kajakkimeloja French: kayakeur (fr) m, kayakeuse (fr) f, kayakiste (fr) m or f German: Kajakfahrer (de) m, Kajakfahrerin (de) f Hungarian: kajakozó (hu) Norwegian: Bokmål: kajakkpadler (no) m, kajakkroer (no) m Polish: kajakarz (pl) m pers, kajakarka (pl) f Scottish Gaelic: neach-caidheig m Slovak: kajakár m, kajakárka f

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ja.ke/

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Verb

kayaker

1. to kayak

Conjugation

Conjugation of kayaker (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	kayaker
compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	kayakant /ka.ja.kɑ̃/
compound	ayant + past participle
past participle	kayaké /ka.ja.ke/
	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	kayake /ka.jak/	kayakes /ka.jak/	kayake /ka.jak/	kayakons /ka.ja.kɔ̃/	kayakez /ka.ja.ke/	kayakent /ka.jak/
imperfect	kayakais /ka.ja.kɛ/	kayakais /ka.ja.kɛ/	kayakait /ka.ja.kɛ/	kayakions /ka.ja.kjɔ̃/	kayakiez /ka.ja.kje/	kayakaient /ka.ja.kɛ/
past historic2	kayakai /ka.ja.ke/	kayakas /ka.ja.ka/	kayaka /ka.ja.ka/	kayakâmes /ka.ja.kam/	kayakâtes /ka.ja.kat/	kayakèrent /ka.ja.kɛʁ/
future	kayakerai /ka.ja.kʁe/	kayakeras /ka.ja.kʁa/	kayakera /ka.ja.kʁa/	kayakerons /ka.ja.kʁɔ̃/	kayakerez /ka.ja.kʁe/	kayakeront /ka.ja.kʁɔ̃/
conditional	kayakerais /ka.ja.kʁɛ/	kayakerais /ka.ja.kʁɛ/	kayakerait /ka.ja.kʁɛ/	kayakerions /ka.ja.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	kayakeriez /ka.ja.kə.ʁje/	kayakeraient /ka.ja.kʁɛ/
(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	kayake /ka.jak/	kayakes /ka.jak/	kayake /ka.jak/	kayakions /ka.ja.kjɔ̃/	kayakiez /ka.ja.kje/	kayakent /ka.jak/
imperfect2	kayakasse /ka.ja.kas/	kayakasses /ka.ja.kas/	kayakât /ka.ja.ka/	kayakassions /ka.ja.ka.sjɔ̃/	kayakassiez /ka.ja.ka.sje/	kayakassent /ka.ja.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative	–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple	—	kayake /ka.jak/	—	kayakons /ka.ja.kɔ̃/	kayakez /ka.ja.ke/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).