paragliding

English

Etymology

From paraglider.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
• IPA^(key): /ˈpæɹəɡlaɪdɪŋ/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

paragliding (uncountable)

1. The sport of gliding with a paraglider.

   Synonym: kite gliding (dated)

   Hypernym: hang gliding

2. The use of a paraglider in other settings, such as surveillance or military applications.

Translations

the sport of gliding with a paraglider

• Catalan: parapent m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滑翔傘 / 滑翔伞 (zh) (huáxiángsǎn)

• Czech: paragliding
• Dutch: parapente (nl)
• Esperanto: paraglisado
• Finnish: varjoliito
• French: parapente (fr) f
• Galician: parapente f
• German: Gleitschirmfliegen (de) n, Paragliding n, Paragleiten n (Austria), Gleitsegeln

  Alsatian Alemannic German: Gleitschirmfliegen

• Greek: αλεξίπτωτο πλαγιάς m (alexíptoto plagiás)
• Hungarian: siklóernyőzés (hu)
• Indonesian: paralayang
• Italian: parapendio (it) m
• Japanese: パラグライダー (paraguraidā)
• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: parapenti

  Badiu: parapenti

• Norwegian: paragliding
• Polish: paralotnia (pl) f, paralotniarstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: parapente m
• Russian: парапланери́зм (ru) m (paraplanerízm), парагла́йдинг (ru) m (paraglájding)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: једрење падобраном n

  Latin: jedrenje padobranom n

• Slovak: paraglajding (sk) m
• Slovene: jadralno padalstvo n
• Spanish: parapente (es) m
• Swedish: skärmflygning c

Verb

paragliding

1. present participle and gerund of paraglide

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English paragliding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈparaɡlajdɪŋk]

• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧gli‧ding

Noun

paragliding m inan (relational adjective paraglidingový)

1. paragliding

Declension

Declension of paragliding (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	paragliding	paraglidingy
genitive	paraglidingu	paraglidingů
dative	paraglidingu	paraglidingům
accusative	paragliding	paraglidingy
vocative	paraglidingu	paraglidingy
locative	paraglidingu	paraglidinzích
instrumental	paraglidingem	paraglidingy

Further reading

• “paragliding”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026