magic carpet

English

A man riding a magic carpet.

Zauberteppich (magic carpet) at Kitzbühel, Austria

Noun

magic carpet (plural magic carpets)

1. (fiction) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel.

   Synonym: flying carpet

   • 1968, Jimi Hendrix (lyrics and music), “Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)”, in Electric Ladyland, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience:

     Have you ever been, have you ever been, to Electric Ladyland? / The magic carpet waits for you, so don't you be late

2. (skiing) A conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders.

   Synonym: carpet lift

   Coordinate terms: T-bar, chairlift, ski lift, rope-tow

   • 2023 April 5, “News in pictures: New livery adorns Cairngorm funicular”, in RAIL, number 980, page 28:

     The relaunch of the railway comes alongside other major improvement works including new 'magic carpet' conveyor belts for skiers using the beginner slopes.

Translations

carpet capable of magical flight

• Afrikaans: vlieënde tapyt
• Albanian: qilim magjik
• Arabic: بِسَاط سِحْرِيّ m (bisāṭ siḥriyy), بِسَاط الرِّيح m (bisāṭ ar-rīḥ)
• Armenian: թռչող գորգ (tʻṙčʻoġ gorg)
• Azerbaijani: uçan xalça, sehirli xalça
• Basque: alfonbra hegalari
• Belarusian: дыван-самалёт (dyvan-samaljót)
• Bengali: উড়ন্ত গালিচা (uṛonto galica)
• Bulgarian: вълшебно килимче m (vǎlšebno kilimče)
• Burmese: ကော်ဇောပျံ (kaujau:pyam)
• Catalan: catifa voladora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魔毯 (mótǎn)

• Czech: létající koberec m
• Danish: flyvende tæppe n
• Dutch: vliegend tapijt c
• Esperanto: magia tapiŝo, fluganta tapiŝo
• Estonian: lendav vaip
• Finnish: lentävä matto, taikamatto
• French: tapis volant (fr) m
• German: fliegender Teppich m
• Greek: μαγικό χαλί n (magikó chalí)
• Hebrew: מרבד קסמים m (marvád ksamím)
• Hindi: जादुई क़ालीन f (jāduī qālīn)
• Hungarian: varázsszőnyeg (hu), repülőszőnyeg (hu)
• Indonesian: permadani terbang
• Italian: tappeto volante m
• Japanese: 魔法の絨毯 (まほうのじゅうたん, mahō no jūtan)
• Latvian: lidojošais paklājs m
• Lithuanian: skraidantis kilimas m
• Macedonian: летечки килим m (letečki kilim)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flyvende teppe n

  Nynorsk: flygande teppe n

• Persian: قالیچه پرنده (qâliče-ye parande)
• Polish: latający dywan m
• Portuguese: tapete mágico m, tapete voador m
• Romanian: covor magic n, covor zburător n
• Russian: ковёр-самолёт (ru) m (kovjór-samoljót)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чаробни ћилим

  Roman: čarobni ćilim

• Slovak: lietajúci koberec m
• Slovene: leteča preproga f
• Spanish: alfombra mágica f, alfombra voladora f
• Swedish: flygande matta (sv) c
• Turkish: uçan halı
• Ukrainian: килим-самоліт (kylym-samolit)
• Uyghur: ئۇچار گىلەم (uchar gilem)

skier/snowboarder conveyor

• Dutch: sleeplift (nl) m
• Finnish: taikamatto, mattohissi
• French: tapis roulant (fr) m