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karate
(kərɑːti)
uncountable noun
Karate is a Japanese sport or way of fighting in which people fight using their hands, elbows, feet, and legs.
karate in British English
(kəˈrɑːtɪ)
noun
a.
a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat, employing smashes, chops, kicks, etc, made with the hands, feet, elbows, or legs
b.
(as modifier)
a karate chop to the head
Word origin
Japanese, literally: empty hand, from kara empty + te handkarate in American English
(kəˈrɑti)
noun
a Japanese system of self-defense characterized chiefly by sharp, quick blows delivered with the hands and feet
Word origin
Jpn, lit., prob. < kara, empty + te, handImage ofkarate
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British English: karate /kəˈrɑːtɪ/ NOUN
Karate is a martial art in which people fight using their hands, elbows, feet, and legs.
- American English: karate
- Arabic: كَارَاتِيه
- Brazilian Portuguese: caratê
- Chinese: 空手道
- Croatian: karate
- Czech: karate
- Danish: karate
- Dutch: karate
- European Spanish: kárate
- Finnish: karate
- French: karaté
- German: Karate
- Greek: καράτε
- Italian: karate
- Japanese: 空手
- Korean: 가라테
- Norwegian: karate
- Polish: karate
- European Portuguese: karaté
- Romanian: karate
- Russian: карате
- Latin American Spanish: kárate
- Swedish: karate
- Thai: มวยคาราเต้
- Turkish: karate
- Ukrainian: карате
- Vietnamese: võ karate
Chinese translation of 'karate'
karate
(kəˈrɑːtɪ)
n (u)
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空手道
(kōngshǒudào)