The glider soared high into the air.
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Glider
//ˈɡlaɪdɚ//
Synonyms for "glider" (11 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 59 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sweeftuig noun (aircraft)
Albanian
1 entries- avion pa motor noun (aircraft)
Arabic
1 entries- طائرة شراعية noun (aircraft)
Belarusian
1 entries- планёр noun (aircraft)
Bengali
1 entries- গ্লাইডার noun (aircraft)
Bulgarian
2 entries- планер noun (aircraft)
- планер noun (pilot)
Burmese
1 entries- ဂလိုက်ဒါလေယာဉ် noun (aircraft)
Catalan
2 entries- planador noun (aircraft)
- veler noun (aircraft)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 滑翔機 /滑翔机 noun (aircraft)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 滑翔機 /滑翔机 noun (aircraft)
Czech
3 entries- kluzák noun (aircraft)
- plachtař noun (pilot)
- větroň noun (aircraft)
Danish
1 entries- svævefly noun (aircraft)
Dutch
1 entries- zweefvliegtuig noun (aircraft)
Esperanto
2 entries- aerglitilo noun (aircraft)
- glisilo noun (aircraft)
Estonian
2 entries- plaaner noun (aircraft)
- purilennuk noun (aircraft)
Finnish
4 entries- kulkuri noun (math: particular configuration)
- liitokone noun (aircraft)
- liitäjä noun (one who glides)
- purjelentokone noun (aircraft)
French
2 entries- planeur noun (aircraft)
- planeur noun (math: particular configuration)
Galician
3 entries- planador noun (one who glides)
- planador noun (aircraft)
- planadora noun (one who glides)
Georgian
1 entries- პლანერი noun (aircraft)
German
4 entries- Gleiter noun (aircraft)
- Gleiter noun (animal with the ability to glide)
- Gleitflugzeug noun (aircraft)
- Segelflugzeug noun (aircraft)
Greek
1 entries- ανεμόπτερο noun (aircraft)
Hebrew
1 entries- דאון noun (aircraft)
Hindi
1 entries- ग्लाइडर noun (aircraft)
Hungarian
3 entries- vitorlázó repülőgép noun (aircraft)
- vitorlázórepülő noun (aircraft)
- vitorlázórepülős noun (pilot)
Icelandic
1 entries- sviffluga noun (aircraft)
Irish
1 entries- faoileoir noun (aircraft)
Italian
3 entries- aliante noun (aircraft)
- veleggiatore noun (aircraft)
- volovelista noun (pilot)
Japanese
2 entries- グライダー noun (aircraft)
- 滑空機 noun (aircraft)
Kannada
1 entries- ತೇಲು ವಿಮಾನ noun (aircraft)
Kazakh
1 entries- планер noun (aircraft)
Korean
1 entries- 글라이더 noun (aircraft)
Latin
1 entries- aëronavis velivola noun (aircraft)
Latvian
1 entries- planieris noun (aircraft)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sklandytuvas noun (aircraft)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Segelfliger noun (aircraft)
Macedonian
1 entries- едрилица noun (aircraft)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഗ്ലൈഡർ noun (aircraft)
Manx
1 entries- foilleyr noun (aircraft)
Māori
1 entries- waka rereangi noun (aircraft)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- glidefly noun (aircraft)
- seglfly noun (aircraft)
- seilfly noun (aircraft)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- glidefly noun (aircraft)
- seglfly noun (aircraft)
Persian
1 entries- گلایدر noun (aircraft)
Polish
1 entries- szybowiec noun (aircraft)
Portuguese
3 entries- planador noun (one who glides)
- planador noun (one who glides)
- planador noun (aircraft)
Romanian
3 entries- planor noun (aircraft)
- planorist noun (pilot)
- planoristă noun (pilot)
Russian
3 entries- планерист noun (pilot)
- планёр noun (aircraft)
- планёр noun (math: particular configuration)
Sicilian
1 entries- alianti noun (aircraft)
Slovak
2 entries- klzák noun (aircraft)
- vetroň noun (aircraft)
Slovene
1 entries- jadralno letalo noun (aircraft)
Spanish
3 entries- planeador noun (one who glides)
- planeador noun (aircraft)
- planeadora noun (one who glides)
Swedish
2 entries- glidflygplan noun (aircraft)
- segelflygplan noun (aircraft)
Tamil
1 entries- மிதவை வானூர்தி noun (aircraft)
Thai
1 entries- เครื่องร่อน noun (aircraft)
Turkish
1 entries- planör noun (aircraft)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пла́нер noun (aircraft)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tàu lượn noun (aircraft)
Võro
1 entries- lauglinnuk noun (aircraft)
Welsh
1 entries- gleider noun (aircraft)
Yiddish
1 entries- גלידער noun (aircraft)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Leonardo da Vinci invented a human-powered glider.
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A hang glider launched off the cliff.
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During reentry and landing, the Space Shuttle is a glider.
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