Phrase guide

hang glider

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: hăng glī'də r
  • UK: /hæŋ ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: [heɪŋ ˈɡlaɪdɚ] see /æ/ raising
  • rhymes with -aɪdə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

An unpowered aircraft resembling a large kite from which a rider is suspended in a harness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The rider of such a craft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a glider resembling a large kite; the rider hangs from it while descending from a height

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: glider, sailplane

4

noun

Meaning 4

a rider of a hang glider

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rider

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: дэльтапла́н (delʹtaplán) — aircraft
  • Bulgarian: делтапла́н (deltaplán) — aircraft
  • Catalan: ala delta — aircraft
  • Chinese Mandarin: 懸挂滑翔機 /悬挂滑翔机 (xuánguà huáxiángjī) — aircraft
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三角滑翔機 /三角滑翔机 (sānjiǎo huáxiángjī) — aircraft
  • Czech: rogalo n du — aircraft
  • Esperanto: deltaplano — aircraft
  • Finnish: riippuliidin — aircraft
  • French: deltaplane — aircraft
  • French: aile delta — aircraft
  • Georgian: დელტაპლანი (delṭaṗlani) — aircraft
  • German: Hängegleiter — aircraft
  • German: Deltagleiter — aircraft
  • Greek: αιωρόπτερο (aioróptero) — aircraft
  • Hungarian: sárkányrepülő — aircraft
  • Indonesian: layang gantung — aircraft
  • Indonesian: gantole — aircraft
  • Italian: deltaplano — aircraft
  • Japanese: ハンググライダー (hanguguraidā) — aircraft
  • Korean: 행글라이더 (haenggeullaideo) — aircraft
  • Macedonian: змеј (zmej) — aircraft
  • Macedonian: де́лтаплан (déltaplan) — aircraft
  • Polish: lotnia — aircraft
  • Portuguese: asa-delta — aircraft
  • Russian: дельтапла́н (dɛlʹtaplán) — aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: змај — aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: zmaj — aircraft
  • Spanish: ala delta — aircraft
  • Swedish: hängglidare — aircraft
  • Ukrainian: дельтапла́н (delʹtaplán) — aircraft
  • Esperanto: deltaplanisto — rider
  • Esperanto: deltaplanistino — rider
  • Finnish: riippuliitäjä — rider
  • French: deltiste — rider
  • Greek: αιωροπτεριστής (aioropteristís) — rider
  • Hungarian: sárkányrepülős — rider
  • Italian: deltaplanista — rider
  • Polish: lotniarz — rider
  • Russian: дельтапланери́ст (dɛlʹtaplaneríst) — rider
  • Russian: дельтапланери́стка (dɛlʹtaplanerístka) — rider
  • Swedish: hängflygare — rider
  • Welsh: barcutwr — rider
  • Welsh: barcutwraig — rider