paraplegic

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ -plegic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹəˈplid͡ʒɪk/
• (General American, proscribed) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹəpəˈlid͡ʒɪk/
• Rhymes: -iːdʒɪk

Adjective

paraplegic (not comparable)

1. Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.
   • 2011,, Kazerad, Katia: Talk to guard, in: Prequel -or- Making A Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 14 2011

     The guard looks at you with a troubled, uncomfortable glare, like that of a man who must explain to his paraplegic daughter that her dreams of becoming a ballerina will never come true.

Translations

of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia

• Afrikaans: parapleeg
• Catalan: paraplègic
• Esperanto: paraplegia
• Finnish: alaraajahalvaantunut, parapleginen
• French: paraplégique (fr) m or f
• Galician: parapléxico m, parapléxica f
• German: querschnittsgelähmt, paraplegisch
• Icelandic: þverlamaður m, lamaður fyrir neðan mitti m
• Italian: paraplegico (it) m, paraplegica f
• Maori: pararūtiki
• Portuguese: paraplégico m, paraplégica f
• Romanian: paraplegic (ro) m
• Spanish: parapléjico
• Swedish: paraplegisk c

Noun

paraplegic (plural paraplegics)

1. A person who suffers from paraplegia.

Translations

person who suffers from paraplegia

• Catalan: paraplègic m
• Czech: paraplegik m
• Esperanto: paraplegiulo
• Finnish: parapleegikko, alaraajoista halvaantunut
• Galician: parapléxico m, parapléxica f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Querschnittsgelähmter m, Querschnittsgelähmte f, Paraplegiker (de) m, Paraplegikerin (de) f
• Icelandic: maður lamaður fyrir neðan mitti m
• Portuguese: paraplégico m, paraplégica f
• Serbo-Croatian: paraplègičār (sh) m, paraplègičārka (sh) f
• Spanish: parapléjico m, parapléjica (es) f
• Swedish: paraplegiker c

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paraplégique.

Adjective

paraplegic m or n (feminine singular paraplegică, masculine plural paraplegici, feminine and neuter plural paraplegice)

1. paraplegic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	paraplegic		paraplegică		paraplegici	paraplegice
	definite	paraplegicul		paraplegica		paraplegicii	paraplegicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	paraplegic		paraplegice		paraplegici	paraplegice
	definite	paraplegicului		paraplegicei		paraplegicilor	paraplegicelor