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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhɒvəbɔɹd/ [UK], /ˈhʌvɚbɔɹd/ [US] Audio: en-au-hoverboard.ogg [Australia] Forms: hoverboards [plural], hover board [alternative]
enPR: ʹhŏvərbôrd [UK], ʹhŭvər'bôrd [US] Etymology: Etymology tree English hover Proto-Germanic *burdą Proto-West Germanic *bord Old English bord Middle English bord English board English hoverboard From hover + board. First attested in 1967 in the science fiction novel The Hole in the Zero by M. K. Joseph, and popularised by the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|hover|board<id:piece of wood>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English hover Proto-Germanic *burdą Proto-West Germanic *bord Old English bord Middle English bord English board English hoverboard [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bord", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bord", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bord", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "board", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "hoverboard", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="hoverboard"> From hover + board., {{etydate|1967}} First attested in 1967, {{ety|en|:af|hover|board<id:piece of wood>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English hover Proto-Germanic *burdą Proto-West Germanic *bord Old English bord Middle English bord English board English hoverboard From hover + board. Head templates: {{en-noun}} hoverboard (plural hoverboards)
  1. (chiefly science fiction) A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard. Translations (levitating board): ховърборд (hovărbord) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ŝvebilo (Esperanto), leijulauta (Finnish), χόβερμπορντ (chóvermpornt) (Greek), légdeszka (Hungarian), svifbretti [neuter] (Icelandic), hoverboard [masculine] (Italian), volopattino [masculine] (Italian), ホバーボード (hobābōdo) (Japanese), 호버보드 (hobeobodeu) (Korean), 호버 보드 (hobeo bodeu) (Korean), лебдечка даска (lebdečka daska) [feminine] (Macedonian), ховерборд (hoverbord) [masculine] (Macedonian), hoverboard [common-gender] (Swedish), svävarbräda [common-gender] (Swedish), balansskoter [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hoverboard-en-noun-vMBRY8gg Categories (other): Science fiction, Transport Disambiguation of Transport: 48 52 0 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'levitating board': 91 9
  2. A small self-balancing two-wheeled motorised vehicle, related to a scooter.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoverboarder

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhɒvəbɔɹd/ [UK], /ˈhʌvɚbɔɹd/ [US] Audio: en-au-hoverboard.ogg [Australia] Forms: hoverboards [present, singular, third-person], hoverboarding [participle, present], hoverboarded [participle, past], hoverboarded [past], hover board [alternative]
enPR: ʹhŏvərbôrd [UK], ʹhŭvər'bôrd [US] Etymology: Etymology tree English hover Proto-Germanic *burdą Proto-West Germanic *bord Old English bord Middle English bord English board English hoverboard From hover + board. First attested in 1967 in the science fiction novel The Hole in the Zero by M. K. Joseph, and popularised by the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|hover|board<id:piece of wood>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English hover Proto-Germanic *burdą Proto-West Germanic *bord Old English bord Middle English bord English board English hoverboard [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bord", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "bord", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bord", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "board", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "hoverboard", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="hoverboard"> From hover + board., {{etydate|1967}} First attested in 1967, {{ety|en|:af|hover|board<id:piece of wood>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English hover Proto-Germanic *burdą Proto-West Germanic *bord Old English bord Middle English bord English board English hoverboard From hover + board. Head templates: {{en-verb}} hoverboard (third-person singular simple present hoverboards, present participle hoverboarding, simple past and past participle hoverboarded)
  1. (chiefly science fiction) To travel by hoverboard. Translations (to travel by hoverboard): légdeszkázik (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-hoverboard-en-verb-ze8ygeXj Categories (other): Science fiction Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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