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parachutist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English parachute Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English parachutist From parachute + -ist.

Meanings

1. Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.
   • I waited and he came to the point: he wanted me simply to talk to a patient he had inherited, a sports parachutist who had Roman Candled into a tree and broken and disarticulated his back. 2002, Eric Anderson, The Man Who Cried Orange, page 239:
   • Some hit the rocky outcrops Some fell into the sea Some even 'Roman Candled' (A parachutist I would never be) 2022, Chris Pratt, Four Brothers in the Pacific War:
   • If any of the extreme sports can be considered truly high risk, then B.A.S.E. Jumping is that sport. […] Modern B.A.S.E. jumping is believed to have started in 1978, where daring parachutists first began jumping off of El Capitan, a 3,000 foot (915m) cliff high above Yosemite National Park. 1996, Joe Tomlinson, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports, Carlton Books, →ISBN, page 12:

Forms

Relateds

skydiver · parachuting · parachute

Translations (68)

ro parașutistă (parachute user) · sk parašutistka (parachute user) · hu ejtőernyős (parachute user) · lv izpletņlēcējs (parachute user) · sh padòbrānka (parachute user) · ka პარაშუტისტი (parachute user) · fa پراشوتیست (parachute user) · es paracaidista (parachute user) · da faldskærmsudspringer (parachute user) · mk падо́бранка (parachute user) · mn шүхэрчин (parachute user) · cs parašutista (parachute user) · pl spadochroniarka (parachute user) · sq parashutist (parachute user) · rsk падобранка (parachute user) · tr paraşütçü (parachute user) · et parašütist (parachute user) · tk paraşutçy (parachute user) · sh падо̀бра̄нка (parachute user) · kk парашютші (parachute user) · pt paraquedista (parachute user) · az paraşütçü (parachute user) · bg парашути́стка (parachute user) · nl parachutiste (parachute user) · ro parașutist (parachute user) · th นักกระโดดร่ม (parachute user) · fi laskuvarjohyppääjä (parachute user) · fy parasjutist (parachute user) · pl spadochroniarz (parachute user) · sv fallskärmshoppare (parachute user) · sk výsadkárka (parachute user) · rsk падобранєц (parachute user) · gl paracaidista (parachute user) · de Fallschirmspringer (parachute user) · cs výsadkář (parachute user) · uk парашути́ст (parachute user) · be парашуты́ст (parachute user) · ru парашюти́ст (parachute user) · fa چترباز (parachute user) · uk парашути́стка (parachute user) · bg парашути́ст (parachute user) · de Fallschirmspringerin (parachute user) · kk парашютпен секіруші (parachute user) · it paracadutista (parachute user) · lt parašiutininkas (parachute user) · ky парашютист (parachute user) · ar مِظَلِّيّ (parachute user) · th พลร่ม (parachute user) · et langevarjur (parachute user) · sk parašutista (parachute user) · cs výsadkářka (parachute user) · sh падобра́нац (parachute user) · uz parashyutchi (parachute user) · sh padobránac (parachute user) · nb fallskjermhopper (parachute user) · ca paracaigudista (parachute user) · tg парашютчӣ (parachute user) · ru парашюти́стка (parachute user) · vi người nhảy dù (parachute user) · hy պարաշյուտիստ (parachute user) · is fallhlífarstökkvari (parachute user) · fr parachutiste (parachute user) · nl parachutist (parachute user) · be парашуты́стка (parachute user) · cs parašutistka (parachute user) · sk výsadkár (parachute user) · mk падо́бранец (parachute user) · el αλεξιπτωτιστής (parachute user)