ultralight

English

Etymology

From ultra- +‎ light.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌʌltɹəˈlaɪt/

Adjective

ultralight (not comparable)

1. Extremely light; weighing very little.

Derived terms

• ultra light rail

Translations

extremely light in weight

• Danish: ultralet
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ultralett

  Nynorsk: ultralett

• Spanish: ultraligero (es), ultraliviano (es)

Noun

ultralight (plural ultralights)

1. An aircraft that weighs very little.
   • 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:

     The last time I was at Victoria Falls, ultralights and hang gliders, small planes and helicopters, hot-air balloons and bungee jumpers, gorge swingers and rappelers and cable sliders were jostling for air space above the falls and the canyons that slice through the black basalt below them.

Translations

aircraft that weighs very little

• Finnish: ultrakevyt lentokone, ultra (fi), ultrakevyt (fi), UL-kone
• German: Ultraleichtflugzeug (de) n
• Spanish: ultraligero (es) m

Further reading

• Ultralight aviation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia