parachute
pronunciation
How to pronounce parachute in British English:
UK [ˈpærəʃuːt]
How to pronounce parachute in American English:
US [ˈpærəʃuːt]
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- Noun:
- rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
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- Verb:
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
Word Origin
- parachute (n.)
- 1784 (the year the use of one first was attempted, in Paris), from French parachute, literally "that which protects against a fall," hybrid coined by French aeronaut François Blanchard (1753-1809) from para- "defense against" (see para- (2)) + chute "a fall" (see chute). PARACHUTE, a kind of large and strong umbrella, contrived to break a person's fall from an airballoon, should any accident happen to the balloon at a high elevation. ["Supplement to the Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," Philadelphia, 1803]
- parachute (v.)
- 1807, from parachute (n.). Related: Parachuted; parachuting.
Example
- 1. Capsule parachute test mission summer 2012 , apogee 1 km .
- 2. Eg. our first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience .
- 3. The first stage to check the availability and serviceability of parts of a reserve parachute and prepare them for packing .
- 4. They fly below parachute height .
- 5. When a pilot sees a plane , he must stretch a parachute on the ground .