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Complete Definition of "parachute"

wikipedia|dab=parachute (disambiguation)|parachute
English

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /ˈpærəʃuːt/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /'p{r@Su:t/
audio|en-us-parachute.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From F. #French|parachute.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object.

Translations

Albanian: parashutë f
Arabic: ARchar|براشوت (barashūt) m
Basque: jausgailu, paraxut
Breton: harz-lamm m
Bulgarian: парашут m
Catalan: paracaigudes m
Chinese: ZHchar|降落傘, ZHchar|降落伞 (jiàng luò sǎn)
Czech: padák m
Dutch: parachute m, valscherm n
Esperanto: paraŝuto
Estonian: langevari
Finnish: laskuvarjo
French: parachute m
mid
German: Fallschirm m
Greek: αλεξίπτωτο (aleksíptoto) n
Interlingua: paracadita
Italian: paracadute m
Japanese: JAchar|落下傘 (rakkasan)
Korean: 낙하산 (雨傘, nakhasan)
Kurdish: KUchar|په‌ڕاشوت
Polish: spadochron m
Portuguese: pára-quedas m
Russian: парашют (parašút) m
Serbian: padobran
Slovene: padalo n
Spanish: paracaídas m
Swedish: fallskärm c

Verb
en-verb|parachut|ing

  1. To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.

Translations
Bulgarian: скачам с парашут
French: parachuter
German: mit dem Fallschirm abspringen
Russian: прыгать с#Russian|с парашют|парашютом (prýgat’ s parašútom)
Spanish: lanzarse en paracaídas

Related terms
parapente
parasail
paratrooper


French
Etymology
para- + chute

Noun
fr-noun|m
##Noun|parachute

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