hang glider

See also: hang-glider

English

Etymology

Calque of German Hängegleiter, from hängen (“hang”) + gleiten (“glide”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: hăng glī'də(r), IPA^(key): /hæŋ ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): (see /æ/ raising) [heɪŋ ˈɡlaɪdɚ]
• Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)

Noun

hang glider (plural hang gliders)

1. An unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness.
2. The rider of such a craft.

Alternative forms

• hang-glider

Related terms

• hang glide
• hang gliding

Translations

aircraft

• Belarusian: дэльтапла́н m (delʹtaplán)
• Bulgarian: делтапла́н m (deltaplán)
• Catalan: ala delta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懸挂滑翔機／悬挂滑翔机 (xuánguà huáxiángjī), 三角滑翔機／三角滑翔机 (sānjiǎo huáxiángjī)

• Czech: rogalo n du
• Esperanto: deltaplano
• Finnish: riippuliidin (fi)
• French: deltaplane (fr) m, aile delta f
• Georgian: დელტაპლანი (delṭaṗlani)
• German: Hängegleiter (de) m, Deltagleiter m
• Greek: αιωρόπτερο (el) n (aioróptero)
• Hungarian: sárkányrepülő (hu)
• Italian: deltaplano (it) m
• Japanese: ハンググライダー (hanguguraidā)
• Korean: 행글라이더 (ko) (haenggeullaideo)
• Macedonian: змеј m (zmej), де́лтаплан m (déltaplan)
• Polish: lotnia f
• Portuguese: asa-delta f
• Russian: дельтапла́н (ru) m (dɛlʹtaplán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: змај m

  Roman: zmaj (sh) m

• Spanish: ala delta f
• Swedish: hängglidare c
• Ukrainian: дельтапла́н m (delʹtaplán)

rider

• Esperanto: deltaplanisto, deltaplanistino f
• Finnish: riippuliitäjä
• French: deltiste (fr) m or f
• Greek: αιωροπτεριστής (el) m (aioropteristís)
• Hungarian: sárkányrepülős
• Italian: deltaplanista (it) m or f
• Polish: lotniarz m
• Russian: дельтапланери́ст (ru) m (dɛlʹtaplaneríst), дельтапланери́стка (ru) f (dɛlʹtaplanerístka)
• Swedish: hängflygare c
• Welsh: barcutwr m, barcutwraig f

Further reading

• Hang gliding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia