bungee jumping

See also: Bungeejumping and Bungee-Jumping

English

Bungee jumping off the Victoria Falls Bridge in Zambia/Zimbabwe

Alternative forms

• bungy jumping

Pronunciation

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Verb

bungee jumping

1. present participle and gerund of bungee jump

Noun

bungee jumping (uncountable)

1. The activity of jumping from a great height with an elasticated cord attached to the ankles.

Derived terms

• bungee jump
• bungee jumper

Related terms

• bungee cord

Translations

jumping from a great height with a cord

• Catalan: pònting m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蹦極 / 蹦极 (zh) (bèngjí), 笨豬跳 / 笨猪跳 (zh) (bènzhūtiào), 高空彈跳 / 高空弹跳 (zh) (gāokōng tántiào), 蹦極跳 / 蹦极跳 (bèngjítiào)

• Finnish: benjihyppääminen
• French: saut à l’élastique (fr) m
• German: Bungeespringen (de) n, Bungeejumping (de) n, Bungee-Jumping (de) n
• Icelandic: teygjustökk n
• Italian: bungee jumping m
• Japanese: バンジージャンプ (banjījanpu)
• Korean: 번지 점프 (beonji jeompeu)
• Māori: tirikohu waehere
• Polish: bungee (pl) n
• Portuguese: bungee jumping m, bungee jump m
• Russian: ба́нджи-джа́мпинг (ru) m (bándži-džámping)
• Spanish: puenting m, goming m, bungy jumping, bungy, bungee-jumping, salto elástico m, puentismo (es) m, bungee m
• Swedish: bungyjump (sv) n
• Thai: บันจีจัมพ์ (ban-jîi-jám)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bungee jumping.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbɐ̃.ʒiˈd͡ʒɐ̃.pĩɡ/ [ˌbɐ̃.ʒiˈðʒɐ̃.pĩɡ]

Noun

bungee jumping m (uncountable)

1. bungee jumping (the sport of jumping from a great height with a cord)

   Synonym: bungee jump

Further reading

• “bungee jumping”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026