Meanings
proper nounthe Paralympic Games pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyAn 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.
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.
2012 August 21, Alexandra Topping, “Paralympic flames light up countdown to biggest Games in history”, in The GuardianSynonyms: Paralympiad, Paralympics, Paras
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proper nounAn 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.
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nouninternational multi-sport events for people with disabilities
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Translations
Arabic أَلْعَاب بَارَالِمْبِيَّة
- أَلْعَاب بَارَالِمْبِيَّة (ʔalʕāb bārālimbiyya)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Chinese Mandarin 帕拉林匹克運動會 /帕拉林匹克运动会, 殘疾人奧林匹克運動會 /残疾人奥林匹克运动会
- 帕拉林匹克運動會 /帕拉林匹克运动会 (Pàlínpǐkè yùndònghuì)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- 殘疾人奧林匹克運動會 /残疾人奥林匹克运动会 (cánjírén Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- 殘奧會 /残奥会 (cán'àohuì)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- 殘奧 /残奥 (cán'ào)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Czech paralympijské hry, paralympiáda
- paralympijské hryinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- paralympiádainternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Finnish paralympialaiset
- paralympialaisetinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
French Jeux paralympiques
- Jeux paralympiquesinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
German Paralympische Spiele, Paralympics
- Paralympische Spieleinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- Paralympicsinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Hungarian paralimpiai játékok
- paralimpiai játékokinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Japanese パラリンピック, パラリンピック競技大会
- パラリンピック (Pararinpikku)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- パラリンピック競技大会 (Pararinpikku kyōgi taikai)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Korean 패럴림픽, 패럴림픽 경기
- 패럴림픽 (Paereollimpik)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- 패럴림픽 경기 (Paereollimpik gyeonggi)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Polish paraolimpiada
- paraolimpiadainternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Portuguese Paraolimpíadas, Jogos Paraolímpicos
- Paraolimpíadasinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- Jogos Paraolímpicosinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Russian паралимпи́йские и́гры, параолимпи́йские и́гры
- паралимпи́йские и́гры (paralimpíjskije ígry)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- параолимпи́йские и́гры (paraolimpíjskije ígry)international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Spanish Juegos Paralímpicos
- Juegos Paralímpicosinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
Swedish Paralympics, Paralympiska spelen
- Paralympicsinternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
- Paralympiska speleninternational sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities — see also Paralympics
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Paralympic Games. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paralympic%20Games
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“Paralympic Games.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paralympic%20Games. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Paralympic Games,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Paralympic%20Games.
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