English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of paraplegic + Olympic Games.
Proper noun[edit]
Paralympic Games
- An international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue.
- Synonyms: Paralympiad, Paralympics
Translations[edit]
international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities
— See also translations at Paralympics
- Arabic: أَلْعَاب بَارَالِمْبِيَّة f pl (ʾalʿāb bārālimbiyya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 帕拉林匹克運動會 (zh) (Pàlínpǐkè yùndònghuì),殘疾人奧林匹克運動會 (zh), 残疾人奥林匹克运动会 (zh) (cánjírén Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì), 殘奧會 (zh), 残奥会 (zh) (cán'àohuì), 殘奧 (zh), 残奥 (zh) (cán'ào)
- Czech: paralympijské hry, paralympiáda (cs) f
- Finnish: paralympialaiset
- French: Jeux paralympiques (fr) m pl
- German: Paralympische Spiele (de) n pl, Paralympics (de) n pl
- Hungarian: paralimpiai játékok
- Japanese: パラリンピック (ja) (Pararinpikku), パラリンピック競技大会 (Pararinpikku kyōgi taikai)
- Korean: 패럴림픽 (ko) (paereollimpik)
- Portuguese: Paraolimpíadas f pl, Jogos Paraolímpicos m pl
- Russian: паралимпи́йские и́гры f pl (paralimpíjskije ígry), параолимпи́йские и́гры f pl (paraolimpíjskije ígry)
- Spanish: Juegos Paralímpicos m pl
- Swedish: Paralympics pl, Paralympiska spelen n pl
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