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parachutist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who jumps from an aircraft using a parachute, especially as a sport.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parachuter, parachute jumper

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: jumper

Narrower terms: skydiver

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English parachute Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: parashutist — parachute user
  • Arabic: مِظَلِّيّ (miẓalliyy) — parachute user
  • Armenian: պարաշյուտիստ (parašyutist) — parachute user
  • Azerbaijani: paraşütçü — parachute user
  • Belarusian: парашуты́ст (parašutýst) — parachute user
  • Belarusian: парашуты́стка (parašutýstka) — parachute user
  • Bulgarian: парашути́ст (parašutíst) — parachute user
  • Bulgarian: парашути́стка (parašutístka) — parachute user
  • Catalan: paracaigudista — parachute user
  • Czech: parašutista — parachute user
  • Czech: parašutistka — parachute user
  • Czech: výsadkář — parachute user
  • Czech: výsadkářka — parachute user
  • Danish: faldskærmsudspringer — parachute user
  • Dutch: parachutist — parachute user
  • Dutch: parachutiste — parachute user
  • Estonian: parašütist — parachute user
  • Estonian: langevarjur — parachute user
  • Finnish: laskuvarjohyppääjä — parachute user
  • French: parachutiste — parachute user
  • West-Frisian: parasjutist — parachute user
  • Galician: paracaidista — parachute user
  • Georgian: პარაშუტისტი (ṗarašuṭisṭi) — parachute user
  • German: Fallschirmspringer — parachute user
  • German: Fallschirmspringerin — parachute user
  • Greek: αλεξιπτωτιστής (alexiptotistís) — parachute user
  • Hungarian: ejtőernyős — parachute user
  • Icelandic: fallhlífarstökkvari — parachute user
  • Italian: paracadutista — parachute user
  • Kazakh: парашютші (paraşütşı) — parachute user
  • Kazakh: парашютпен секіруші (paraşütpen sekıruşı) — parachute user
  • Kyrgyz: парашютист (paraşyutist) — parachute user
  • Latvian: izpletņlēcējs — parachute user
  • Lithuanian: parašiutininkas — parachute user
  • Macedonian: падо́бранец (padóbranec) — parachute user
  • Macedonian: падо́бранка (padóbranka) — parachute user
  • Mongolian: шүхэрчин (šüxerčin) — parachute user
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fallskjermhopper — parachute user
  • Pannonian Rusyn: падобранєц (padobranjec) — parachute user
  • Pannonian Rusyn: падобранка (padobranka) — parachute user
  • Persian: چترباز (čatrbâz) — parachute user
  • Persian: پراشوتیست (parâšutist) — parachute user
  • Polish: spadochroniarz — parachute user
  • Polish: spadochroniarka — parachute user
  • Portuguese: paraquedista — parachute user
  • Romanian: parașutist — parachute user
  • Romanian: parașutistă — parachute user
  • Russian: парашюти́ст (parašutíst) — parachute user
  • Russian: парашюти́стка (parašutístka) — parachute user
  • Serbo-Croatian: падобра́нац — parachute user
  • Serbo-Croatian: падо̀бра̄нка — parachute user
  • Serbo-Croatian: padobránac — parachute user
  • Serbo-Croatian: padòbrānka — parachute user
  • Slovak: parašutista — parachute user
  • Slovak: parašutistka — parachute user
  • Slovak: výsadkár — parachute user
  • Slovak: výsadkárka — parachute user
  • Spanish: paracaidista — parachute user
  • Swedish: fallskärmshoppare — parachute user
  • Tajik: парашютчӣ (parašyutči) — parachute user
  • Thai: พลร่ม (pon-lá-rôm) — parachute user
  • Thai: นักกระโดดร่ม (nák-grà-dòot-rôm) — parachute user
  • Turkish: paraşütçü — parachute user
  • Turkmen: paraşutçy — parachute user
  • Ukrainian: парашути́ст (parašutýst) — parachute user
  • Ukrainian: парашути́стка (parašutýstka) — parachute user
  • Uzbek: parashyutchi — parachute user
  • Vietnamese: người nhảy dù — parachute user