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Definition of parapente in English: parapentenoun ˈparəpɒntˈperəˌpänt mass noun1The activity of gliding by means of an aerofoil parachute launched from high ground. Example sentencesExamples - I did parapente for a second time, going up in a parachute over the cliff with the wind blowing me up, giving me a great bird's eye view of the city.
- 1.1count noun A parachute used for parapenting.
Example sentencesExamples - He [was going to] jump from the summit with a parapente.
- The pair fell off the edge, as they tried to take off in a double-harnessed parapente, a large parachute like a hang-glider.
- As she reaches a point where the slope steepens slightly, she is airborne, joining the dozen parapentes and hang gliders that are already visible circling above the town.
verb ˈparəpɒntˈperəˌpänt [no object]Glide using an aerofoil parachute. he parapented off a high glacier up-to-date sports like parapenting Example sentencesExamples - Five years later, a solo Japanese climber who tried to parapente from the top of Nameless Tower was blown back into the wall and left stranded without food for six days until another team could descend Great Trango and climb Nameless to fetch him.
- Apparently, Iquique is one of the best places in South America to parapente because of the air currents and wind - and the great views.
Derivatives noun A fifteen minute walk takes you to where the parapenters take off. Example sentencesExamples - All around me I can hear whoops and yells from other parapenters.
- Well look out onto the lakes, see jet-boats whizzing around; look up at the mountains, see parapenters jumping off everywhere, hang-gliders jumping off.
Origin 1980s: from French, from para(chute) + pente 'slope'. Definition of parapente in US English: parapentenounˈperəˌpänt 1The activity of gliding by means of an airfoil parachute launched from high ground. Example sentencesExamples - I did parapente for a second time, going up in a parachute over the cliff with the wind blowing me up, giving me a great bird's eye view of the city.
- 1.1 The parachute used for parapente.
Example sentencesExamples - As she reaches a point where the slope steepens slightly, she is airborne, joining the dozen parapentes and hang gliders that are already visible circling above the town.
- He [was going to] jump from the summit with a parapente.
- The pair fell off the edge, as they tried to take off in a double-harnessed parapente, a large parachute like a hang-glider.
verbˈperəˌpänt [no object]Glide using an airfoil parachute. he parapented off a high glacier up-to-date sports like parapenting Example sentencesExamples - Five years later, a solo Japanese climber who tried to parapente from the top of Nameless Tower was blown back into the wall and left stranded without food for six days until another team could descend Great Trango and climb Nameless to fetch him.
- Apparently, Iquique is one of the best places in South America to parapente because of the air currents and wind - and the great views.
Origin 1980s: from French, from para(chute) + pente ‘slope’. |