paraglider

English

A paraglider (1, bottom) in a paraglider (2, top)

Noun

paraglider (plural paragliders)

1. One who paraglides.

   Synonyms: paraglider pilot, pilot

2. A lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.
   1. The complete equipment used for paragliding, consisting of a paraglider wing and a harness.
   2. The wing used for paragliding, which can be separated from the harness.

Derived terms

• paragliding

Translations

one who paraglides

• Catalan: parapentista m or f
• Finnish: varjoliitäjä
• French: parapentiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: parapentista m or f
• German: Paraglider m, Paragliderin f, Gleitschirmflieger (de) m, Gleitschirmfliegerin f
• Hungarian: siklóernyős (hu)
• Italian: parapendista m or f
• Macedonian: параглајдери́ст m (paraglajderíst), параглајдери́стка f (paraglajderístka)
• Portuguese: parapentista m or f
• Russian: парапланери́ст (ru) m (paraplaneríst), парапланери́стка f (paraplanerístka)
• Spanish: parapentista m or f
• Swedish: skärmflygare c

equipment

• Catalan: parapent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑翔傘／滑翔伞 (zh) (huáxiángsǎn)

• Finnish: varjoliidin
• French: parapente (fr) m
• Galician: parapente m
• German: Gleitschirm (de) m, Paraglider m, Paragleiter (de) m (Austria), Gleitsegel n
• Hungarian: siklóernyő (hu)
• Italian: parapendio (it) m
• Japanese: パラグライダー (paraguraidā)
• Korean: 패러글라이더 (paereogeullaideo)
• Macedonian: парагла́јдер m (paraglájder)
• Portuguese: parapente m
• Russian: парапла́н (ru) m (paraplán), парагла́йдер (ru) m (paraglájdɛr)
• Spanish: parapente m
• Swedish: flygskärm c

wing

• Finnish: varjoliidin
• French: aile (fr) f, voile (fr) f
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} vitorla (hu)
• Macedonian: кри́ло n (krílo)
• Russian: крыло́ (ru) n (kryló), ку́пол (ru) m (kúpol)

Further reading

• paragliding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia