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Paralympic Games
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English
Etymology
en paraplegic Olympic Games.
Proper noun
p 1 Paralympic Games
An international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue.
en Paralympiad Paralympics Paras<ll:colloquial>
en 2012-08-21 Paralympic flames light up countdown to biggest Games in history Alexandra Topping w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/21/paralympic-flames-countdown-biggest-games The flames will then be joined together next week at Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the home of the Paralympics, and the united flame will make its final journey to London for the opening of the 14th Paralympic Games next Wednesday. https://web.archive.org/web/20261013132730/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/21/paralympic-flames-countdown-biggest-games 13 October 2026
Translations
international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities Paralympics
Arabic: ar أَلْعَاب بَارَالِمْبِيَّة f-p
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 帕拉林匹克運動會 Pàlínpǐkè yùndònghuì, cmn 殘疾人奧林匹克運動會 cánjírén Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì, cmn 殘奧會 cán'àohuì, cmn 殘奧 cán'ào
Czech: cs paralympijské hry, cs paralympiáda f
Finnish: fi paralympialaiset
French: fr Jeux paralympiques m-p
German: de Paralympische Spiele n-p, de Paralympics n-p
Hungarian: hu paralimpiai játékok
Japanese: ja パラリンピック Pararinpikku, ja パラリンピック競技大会 Pararinpikku kyōgi taikai
Korean: ko ^패럴림픽, ko ^패럴림픽 경기
Polish: pl paraolimpiada f
Portuguese: pt Paraolimpíadas f-p, pt Jogos Paraolímpicos m-p
Russian: ru паралимпи́йские и́гры f-p, ru параолимпи́йские и́гры f-p
Spanish: es Juegos Paralímpicos m-p
Swedish: sv Paralympics p, sv Paralympiska spelen n-p
en terms prefixed with para- lympic Games
en Disability Sports