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glider
(glaɪdəʳ)
Word forms: plural gliders
countable noun
A glider is an aircraft without an engine, which flies by floating on air currents.
glider in British English
(ˈɡlaɪdə)
noun
1.
an aircraft capable of gliding and soaring in air currents without the use of an engine
See also sailplane2.
a person or thing that glides
3. another name for flying phalanger
glider in American English
(ˈglaɪdər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that glides
2.
a heavier-than-air aircraft without an engine, using airflow to produce free flight
3. US
a porch seat suspended in a frame so that it can glide or swing back and forth
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British English: glider /ˈɡlaɪdə/ NOUN
A glider is an aircraft without an engine which flies by floating on the air.
- American English: glider
- Arabic: طَائِرَةٌ شِرَاعِيَّة
- Brazilian Portuguese: planador
- Chinese: 滑翔机
- Croatian: jedrilica
- Czech: vetroň
- Danish: svævefly
- Dutch: glijder
- European Spanish: planeador
- Finnish: purjelentokone
- French: planeur
- German: Segelflugzeug
- Greek: ανεμοπλάνο
- Italian: aliante
- Japanese: グライダー
- Korean: 글라이더
- Norwegian: seilfly
- Polish: szybowiec
- European Portuguese: planador
- Romanian: planor
- Russian: планер
- Latin American Spanish: planeador
- Swedish: segelflygplan
- Thai: เครื่องร่อน
- Turkish: planör
- Ukrainian: планер
- Vietnamese: tàu lượn
Chinese translation of 'glider'
glider
(ˈɡlaɪdəʳ)
n (c)
- (= aircraft)
滑翔机(機)
(huáxiángjī) (架, jià)