In 1912, the Austrian tailor Franz Reichelt died jumping off the first floor of the Eiffel Tower while trying out his new invention, the parachute coat, which did not work...
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Parachute
//ˈpæɹəʃuːt//
Synonyms for "parachute" (77 found)
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4 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
entails
2 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
122 translations across 84 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- valskerm noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Albanian
1 entries- parashutë noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Arabic
4 entries- بَرَاشُوت noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- بَرَشوت noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- مَهْبَطَة noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- مِظَلّة هُبُوط noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Armenian
1 entries- պարաշյուտ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Asturian
1 entries- paracaíes noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- paraşüt noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Basque
2 entries- jausgailu noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- paraxut noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Belarusian
1 entries- парашу́т noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Bengali
1 entries- প্যারাশুট noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Breton
1 entries- harz-lamm noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Bulgarian
3 entries- парашу́т noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- скачам с парашут verb (to jump with a parachute)
- скоча с парашут verb (to jump with a parachute)
Burmese
1 entries- လေထီး noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Catalan
1 entries- paracaigudes noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پەڕاشوت noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 降落傘 /降落伞 noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 降落傘 /降落伞 noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Cornish
1 entries- lammlen noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Czech
1 entries- padák noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Danish
1 entries- faldskærm noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Dutch
2 entries- parachute noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- valscherm noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Dzongkha
1 entries- མཆོང་གདུགས noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Esperanto
2 entries- paraŝuto noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- paraŝuti verb (to jump with a parachute)
Estonian
1 entries- langevari noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Finnish
3 entries- laskuvarjo noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- leikkivarjo noun (cloth used in physical education)
- hypätä laskuvarjolla verb (to jump with a parachute)
French
2 entries- parachute noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- parachute noun (BDSM: scrotum collar from which weights can be hung)
Galician
1 entries- paracaídas noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Georgian
1 entries- პარაშუტი noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
German
3 entries- Fallschirm noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- Schwungtuch noun (cloth used in physical education)
- mit dem Fallschirm abspringen verb (to jump with a parachute)
Greek
1 entries- αλεξίπτωτο noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Hawaiian
1 entries- haʻupoho noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַצְנֵחַ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Hindi
3 entries- छतरी noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- पैराशूट noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- हवाई छतरी noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Hungarian
2 entries- ejtőernyő noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- ejtőernyőzik verb (to jump with a parachute)
Icelandic
1 entries- fallhlíf noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Ido
1 entries- parafalo noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Indonesian
1 entries- parasut noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Interlingua
1 entries- paracadita noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- پاراشوت noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- چَتْرِ نِجات noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Italian
2 entries- paracadute noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- paracadutarsi verb (to jump with a parachute)
Japanese
2 entries- パラシュート noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- 落下傘 noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- para-kéda noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Kazakh
1 entries- парашют noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Khmer
2 entries- ឆត្រ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- ឆ័ត្រយោង noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Korean
3 entries- 낙하산 noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- 락하산 noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- 파라슈트 noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- парашют noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Lao
2 entries- ຈ້ອງຊຸຊິບ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- ຈ້ອງໂດດ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Latin
1 entries- umbrella descensoria noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Latvian
1 entries- izpletnis noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Lithuanian
1 entries- parašiutas noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Lü
1 entries- ᦈᦸᧂᧉᦟᦳᧄ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Macedonian
1 entries- падобран noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Malay
1 entries- payung terjun noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Mongolian
1 entries- шүхэр noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Māori
2 entries- hekerangi noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- hekerangi verb (to jump with a parachute)
Norman
2 entries- parachute noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- parachuter verb (to jump with a parachute)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- pereşût noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fallskjerm noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Occitan
1 entries- paracasudas noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Pashto
1 entries- پاراشوت noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Polish
2 entries- chusta animacyjna noun (cloth used in physical education)
- spadochron noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Portuguese
1 entries- paraquedas noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪੈਰਾਸ਼ੂਟ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Romanian
3 entries- parașută noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- se parașuta verb (to jump with a parachute)
- sări cu parașută verb (to jump with a parachute)
Russian
2 entries- парашю́т noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- пры́гать с парашю́том verb (to jump with a parachute)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pȁdobrān noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- па̏добра̄н noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Sinhalese
1 entries- පැරෂුටය noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Slovak
1 entries- padák noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Slovene
1 entries- padalo noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Spanish
2 entries- paracaídas noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- lanzarse en paracaídas verb (to jump with a parachute)
Swahili
1 entries- parachuti noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Swedish
2 entries- fallskärm noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- hoppa fallskärm verb (to jump with a parachute)
Tagalog
2 entries- parakayda noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- payong-payong noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Tajik
1 entries- парашют noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Thai
3 entries- กระโดดร่ม noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- ร่มชูชีพ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- กระโดดร่ม verb (to jump with a parachute)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ጋንጽላ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Turkish
1 entries- paraşüt noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Turkmen
1 entries- paraşüt noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Ukrainian
1 entries- парашу́т noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Urdu
3 entries- پَیراشُوٹ noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- چَھتْری noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- ہَوائی چَھتْری noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Uyghur
1 entries- پاراشوت noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Uzbek
1 entries- parashut noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Vietnamese
2 entries- (cái) dù noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
- dù hàng không noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Welsh
1 entries- parasiwt noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאַראַשוט noun (device designed to control the fall of an object or person)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
After a minute of free fall he pulled the rip cord and out came the parachute.
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Culture is like a parachute: if you don't have it, you crash.
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Tom's parachute didn't open.
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