skype
/skaɪp/
skype verb: to make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
Verb (1)
skype (third-person singular simple present skypes, present participle skyping or skypeing, simple past and past participle skyped)
- To make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
- To send (a message or file) with Skype.
- To contact (a person) via Skype.
- I'll skype you tomorrow. We can skype for a couple of hours.
- While spatial mobility does cause discontinuity in social relationships and result in losing the support system from their home country (Rangaswamy 2000), yet the social ties of our participants have not dissolved as they have been able to maintain supportive networks in India through physical...2013, S. Irudaya Rajan, editor, India Migration Report 2013: Social Costs of Migration, Routledge, →ISBN
Proper noun capitalized: Skype
Skype
- A telecommunications application by Skype Technologies.
Verb (2) capitalized: Skype
Skype (third-person singular simple present Skypes, present participle Skyping or Skypeing, simple past and past participle Skyped)
- Alternative letter-case form of skype.
- Online banking, auto bill paying, emailing, texting, social networking, and Skypeing with friends and loved ones has never been easier and makes keeping in touch a breeze.2012, Brent Peterson, April Maher, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to RVing, 3rd edition, Alpha Books, →ISBN
- He planned on Skypeing with his mother regularly.2013, Mary Higgins Clark, Daddy’s Gone A Hunting, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 49
skype meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
skype in Hindi
- स्काइपिंग, स्कायपिंग
skype in Tamil
- ஸ்கைப், ஸ்கைப் செய்ய
skype in Marathi
- स्कायपिंग, स्कायपेवर
skype in Urdu
- اسکائپنگ, اسکائیپنگ, سکائپنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- skype in Bengali
- স্কাইপে, স্কাইপ করতে, স্কাইপ করার জন্য
- skype in Telugu
- స్కైప్, స్కైప్ చేయడం, స్కైప్ చేయడానికి
- skype in Malayalam
- സ്കൈപ്പിലേക്ക്, സ്കൈപ് ചെയ്യാൻ
- skype in Kannada
- ಸ್ಕೈಪ್, ಸ್ಕೈಪ್ಗೆ, ಸ್ಕೈಪ್ ಮಾಡಲು
- skype in Punjabi
- ਸਕਾਈਪ, ਸਕਾਈਪ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- skype in Gujarati
- સ્કાયપિંગ, સ્કાયપીંગ, સ્કાયપે કરવા માટે
- skype in Odia
- ସ୍କାଇପିଙ୍ଗ, ସ୍କାଇପିଙ୍ଗ୍, ସ୍କାଇପିଂ
- skype in Nepali
- स्काइपिङ, स्काइपिंग, स्काइप गर्न
- skype in Pashto
- سکايپ skâíp
- skype in Arabic
- سْكَايَبَ skāyaba
Forms of skype
| third-person singular present | skypes |
|---|---|
| present participle | skyping |
| present participle | skypeing |
| past participle | skyped |
| past | skyped |
| alternative form | Skype |
| third-person singular present | Skypes |
| present participle | Skyping |
| present participle | Skypeing |
| past participle | Skyped |
| past | Skyped |
Origin of skype
From Skype.
From Sky peer-to-peer, which was then abbreviated to Skyper. However, some of the domain names associated with Skyper were already taken. Dropping the final r left the current title Skype, for which domain names were available.
Words formed from skype
Words that rhyme with skype
Questions about skype
- What does skype mean?
- Skype means to make (a telephone call) using Skype software.
- What is skype in Hindi?
- Skype in Hindi is स्काइपिंग, स्कायपिंग. See Skype meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is skype?
- Skype can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce skype?
- Skype is pronounced /skaɪp/.
- What is the past tense of skype?
- The past tense of skype is skyped.
Words near skype in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skype (page history and authors); Skype (page history and authors); skype (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skype (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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