paragliding

English

Etymology

From paraglider.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəɡlaɪdɪŋ/
Audio (CA) (file)

Noun

paragliding (uncountable)

The sport of gliding with a paraglider.
The use of a paraglider in other settings, such as surveillance or military applications.

Hypernyms

hang gliding
kite gliding

Translations

the sport of gliding with a paraglider

Chinese:
Mandarin: 滑翔傘 (zh), 滑翔伞 (zh) (huáxiángsǎn)
Czech: paragliding
Dutch: parapente (nl)
Esperanto: paraglisado
Finnish: varjoliito
French: parapente (fr) f
Galician: parapente f
German: Gleitschirmfliegen (de) n
Alsatian: Gleitschirmfliegen
Greek: αλεξίπτωτο πλαγιάς m
Hungarian: siklóernyőzés (hu)
Italian: parapendio (it) m
Japanese: パラグライダー (paraguraidā)

Kabuverdianu:
ALUPEC: parapenti

Badiu: parapenti
Norwegian: paragliding
Polish: paralotnia (pl) f
Portuguese: parapente m
Russian: парапланери́зм (ru) m (paraplanerízm)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: једрење падобраном n

Roman: jedrenje padobranom n
Slovak: paraglajding m
Slovene: jadralno padalstvo n
Spanish: parapente m
Swedish: skärmflygning c

Verb

paragliding

present participle of paraglide

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