Skim

"Skim" in French

écrémé

(having lowered fat content)

dépasser doucement

(to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean)

effleurer

(to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean)

faire des ricochets

(throw an object so it bounces on water)

feuilleter

(read quickly, skipping some detail)

frôler

(to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean)

lire en diagonale

(read quickly, skipping some detail)

raser

(to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean)

ricocher

(ricochet)

écrémer

(remove cream)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.