parapente
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish parapente, from French parapente. Displaced by paraglayder.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parapente
- (obsolete) paraglider
- Synonym: paraglayder
French edit
Etymology edit
From para- + pente (“slope”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parapente m (plural parapentes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- parapente on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French parapente.
Noun edit
parapente m (plural parapentes)
- paraglider (lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure)
- paragliding
Derived terms edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French parapente.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧pen‧te
Noun edit
parapente m (plural parapentes)
- paraglider (lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure)
- paragliding
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French parapente.
Noun edit
parapente m (plural parapentes)
- paraglider (lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure)
- paragliding
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “parapente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014