Paralympic

See also: paralympic

English

Etymology

Blend of paraplegic +‎ Olympic; the Paralympic Games were originally organized for persons with paraplegia from spinal injuries, but are now participated in by sportspersons with all kinds of disabilities.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˈlɪmpɪk/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˈlɪmpɪk/, /ˌpɛ-/
Hyphenation: Pa‧ra‧lymp‧ic

Adjective

Paralympic (not comparable)

(sports) Pertaining to the Paralympic Games.

Alternative forms

paralympic

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

pertaining to the Paralympic Games

Arabic: بَارَالَمْبِيّ (bārālambiyy)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 殘奧會嘅／残奥会嘅 (caan⁴ ou³ wui⁶ ge³)

Mandarin: 殘奧會的／残奥会的 (Cán'àohuì de)
Finnish: paralympialais-
French: paralympique (fr) m or f
Italian: paralimpico
Norwegian:
Bokmål: paralympisk

Nynorsk: paralympisk
Portuguese: paraolímpico (pt)
Romanian: paralimpic
Spanish: paralímpico
Swedish: paralympisk

References

^ “Paralympic, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2019; “Paralympic, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.