English

Etymology
From Old Norse skyrta, from Germanic *skurtijon. Compare shirt.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-skirt.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)t|-��(r)t

Noun
en-noun

1. An article of clothing, usually worn by woman|women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
2. The part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.
3. Something resembling a skirt.
4. slang A woman.
5. A part that serves as a border or edging.

Derived terms

miniskirt
prairie skirt
mid
rah-rah skirt

Translations
trans-top|clothing
Bosnian: suknja#Bosnian|suknja f
Chinese: � (qún)
Croatian: suknja#Croatian|suknja f
Czech: sukn� f
Dutch: rok m
Esperanto: jupo
Finnish: hame
French: jupe f
German: Rock m
Greek: �ο���α (fusta) f
Hebrew: �צ��ת f
Hungarian: szoknya, alj
Icelandic: pils n
Italian: gonna
Japanese: ���� (����) (suk�to)
trans-mid
Korean: �� (chima)
Maltese: dublett m
Old English: scyrte f
Persian: FAchar|دا�� د�خت
Portuguese: saia f
Russian: �бка (júbka) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��к�а#Serbian|��к�а f
:Roman: suknja#Serbian|suknja f
Slovak: suk�a f
Slovene: krilo n
Spanish: falda f, enaguas f|p italbrac|Costa Rica|Nicaragua, pollera f italbrac|Argentina|Chile|Paraguay|Uruguay, saya f italbrac|Cuba
Swedish: kjol c
Telugu: పరి�ిణి (parikiNi)
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trans-top|part of dress
Dutch: rok m
Esperanto: jupo
Finnish: hame
French: jupe f
German: Rock m
Greek: �ο���α (fusta) f
Hungarian: alj
Interlingua: gonna
trans-mid
Maltese: dublett m
Old English: læppa m
Portuguese: saia f
Russian: �бка (júbka) f
Spanish: falda f, enaguas f|p italbrac|Costa Rica|Nicaragua, pollera f italbrac|Argentina|Chile|Paraguay|Uruguay, saya f italbrac|Cuba
Swedish: kjol c
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trans-top|something resembling a skirt
Finnish: hame
French: jupe f
German: Rock m, Schurz m,
trans-mid
Portuguese: saia f
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trans-top|slang for woman
Bosnian: žena#Bosnian|žena f
Croatian: žena#Croatian|žena f
Czech: ženská f
German: Rock m, Weiberrock m
Greek: �οδ�γ��ο� (podoyiros) m, �ο���άνι (fustani) f
trans-mid
Portuguese: rabo-de-saia m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: жена#Serbian|жена f
:Roman: žena#Serbian|žena f
Swedish: kjoltyg n
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trans-top|border
German: Saum m
trans-mid
Portuguese: borda f
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Translations to be checked
The following translations are probably translations for definition 1

Afrikaans: rok
Albanian: fund g|Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|ا�ت��رة f
Azeri: yubka
Basque: gona
Bulgarian: пола (pola) f
Catalan: faldilla f
Danish: nederdel g|Danish
Estonian: seelik
Faeroese: skjúrt g|Faeroese
Frisian: jûpe f
Galician: iochdar m
Georgian: ��������� (k�vedakaba)
Greek: �ο���α (phoústa) f
Hebrew: עקף|עָקַף m
Hindi: स��र�� (skart.a)
Indonesian: rok
Irish: sciorta g|Irish
Italian: gonna f
mid
Latvian: st�rbele g|Latvian
Lithuanian: sijonas
Mongolian: банзал (banzal)
Norwegian: skjørt
Papiamentu: saya
Persian: FAchar|دا�� د�خت
Polish: spódnica f
Romanian: pulpan� f
Slovak: bo�nica f
Swahili: skati ( nc 9/10)
Tagalog: saya
Thai: THchar|�ระ��ร� (grà-bpronge)
Turkish: etek
Ukrainian: �п�дни�� (spidnýcja) f
Vietnamese: vạt áo
Welsh: sgert
Yiddish: ק����� (kleidel) n
Zulu: ingubo

Verb
en-verb

1. To be on or form the border of.
2. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.

Translations

Bosnian: ome�iti, i�i duž
Dutch: omzomen, omcirkelen
Esperanto: preteriri
German: säumen
mid
Portuguese: beirar

trans-top|to be on or from the border of
Bosnian: grani�iti se
German: umgehen, umrunden
Interlingua: costear, contornar
trans-mid
Portuguese: rodear, contornar
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: г�ани�и�и �е
:Roman: grani�iti se
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Related terms
skirting-board
outskirt

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