magic carpet

English

Noun

magic carpet (plural magic carpets)

1. (fairy tales) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel.
2. (skiing) a conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders

Usage notes

(skiing): The magic carpet usually transports from the base of a bunny hill ski run to its top or as a way to get on a chair lift without needing to be stationary

Synonyms

(skiing):

• carpet lift

Coordinate terms

(skiing):

• T-bar
• chairlift
• ski lift
• rope-tow

Translations

a carpet capable of magical flight

• Arabic: الْبِسَاط السِّحْرِيّ m (al-bisāṭ as-siḥriyy), بِسَاط الرِّيح m (bisāṭ ar-rīḥ)
• Azerbaijani: uçan xalça
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魔毯 (mótǎn)

• Dutch: vliegend tapijt c
• French: tapis volant (fr) m
• German: fliegender Teppich m
• Hebrew: מרבד קסמים m (marvád ksamím)
• Hungarian: varázsszőnyeg (hu)
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• Japanese: 魔法の絨毯 (まほうのじゅうたん, mahō no jūtan)
• Persian: قالیچه پرنده (qâliče-ye parande)
• Portuguese: tapete mágico m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} covor magic n , ^{(please verify)} covor zburător n
• Russian: ковёр-самолёт (ru) m (kovjór-samoljót)
• Swedish: flygande matta
• Turkish: uçan halı
• Uyghur: ئۇچار گىلەم (uchar gilem)

a skier/snowboarder conveyor

• Dutch: sleeplift (nl) m
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• French: tapis roulant (fr)