parapente

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish parapente, from French parapente. Displaced by paraglayder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈpente/ [pɐ.ɾ̪ɐˈpin̪.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧pen‧te

Noun

parapente

1. (obsolete) paraglider

   Synonym: paraglayder

French

un parapente

Etymology

From para- +‎ pente (“slope”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.pɑ̃t/

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Noun

parapente m (plural parapentes)

1. paraglider
2. paragliding

Derived terms

• parapentiste

Descendants

• → Galician: parapente
• → Portuguese: parapente
• → Spanish: parapente

Further reading

• parapente on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Anagrams

• apparente

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French parapente.

Noun

parapente m (plural parapentes)

1. paraglider (lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure)
2. paragliding

Derived terms

• parapentista

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French parapente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈpẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈpẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈpẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾɐˈpẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧pen‧te

Noun

parapente m (plural parapentes)

1. paraglider (lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure)
2. paragliding

Derived terms

• parapentista

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French parapente.

Noun

parapente m (plural parapentes)

1. paraglider (lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure)
2. paragliding

Derived terms

• parapentista

 

Related terms

• parapentista

 

Further reading

• “parapente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014