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.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

Paralympic (not comparable)

1. (sports) Pertaining to the Paralympic Games.

Alternative forms

• paralympic

Coordinate terms

• Deaflympic
• Olympic

 

Derived terms

• para-
• Paralympiad
• Paralympian
• paralympic
• Paralympic Games

 

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

Further reading

• Paralympic Games on Wikipedia.Wikipedia