paragliding

English

Etymology

From paraglider.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
• IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəɡlaɪdɪŋ/

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Noun

paragliding (uncountable)

1. The sport of gliding with a paraglider.
2. 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

• Catalan: parapent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑翔傘／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, Paragliding n, Paragleiten n (Austria), Gleitsegeln

  Alsatian: Gleitschirmfliegen

• Greek: αλεξίπτωτο πλαγιάς m (alexíptoto plagiás)
• Hungarian: siklóernyőzés (hu)
• Indonesian: paralayang
• Italian: parapendio (it) m
• Japanese: パラグライダー (paraguraidā)
• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: parapenti

  Badiu: parapenti

• Norwegian: paragliding
• Polish: paralotnia (pl) f, paralotniarstwo (pl) n
• 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

1. present participle and gerund of paraglide