# parachute
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpæɹəʃuːt/
* (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈpæɹəʃut/
* (US, Mary–marry–merry merger, Canada) IPA: /ˈpɛɹəʃut/
** Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger):(file)
* (Scotland) IPA: /ˈpaɹəʃʉt/

### Noun

parachute (plural parachutes)
* (aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
* (zoology) A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
* (BDSM) A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.
** 1998, Guillaume Dustan, translated by Brad Rumph, In My Room, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 53:Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one in leather, one in latex, six cockrings, in steel or leather, regular or with built-in ball-squeezers, two dick sheaths […]
** 2012, Peggy Sue, Guide to Female Supremacy, London: Gynarchy International Editions / Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 75:Parachutes are usually made of leather and can be purchased through most fetish catalogs or stores catering to the BDSM scene.
** 2016, John Caesar, Wife Scorned!, Lulu.com, →ISBN:She came near and grabbed his balls tightly with her left hand, tugging them downward while applying a parachute harness with her right hand. […] His balls stretched downward under the delicious weight.
** 2022, Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, “Scrotum in Human Conscience”, in Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy, editor, Normal and Abnormal Scrotum, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, page 22:A parachute is a small collar, usually made from leather, which fastens around the scrotum, and from which weights can be hung.
* A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.

#### Derived terms

* chute
* collared parachute (Marasmius rotula)
* drag parachute
* drogue parachute
* golden parachute
* parachute flare
* parachute panties
* parachute pants
* parachute roll
* parachutic
* parachuting
* parachutist
* peacock parachute spider

#### Translations
### Verb

parachute (third-person singular simple present parachutes, present participle parachuting, simple past and past participle parachuted)
* (intransitive) To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device.
** 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
* (transitive) To introduce into a place using such a device.
    The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.
* (transitive) To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into.
* (slang) To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body.
    Synonym: bomb

#### Translations
### See also

* parapente
* parasail
* paratrooper
* skydiving
* patagium

### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “parachute”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French parachute.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌpaː.raːˈʃyt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧chute
* Rhymes: -yt

### Noun

parachute m (plural parachutes, diminutive parachuutje n)
* parachute
    Synonym: valscherm

#### Derived terms

* parachutespringen
* parachutesprong
* parachutist
* remparachute

#### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: parachüt

## French
### Etymology

From para- (“protection against”) +‎ chute (“fall”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ʁa.ʃyt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

parachute m (plural parachutes)
* parachute (device designed to control the fall of an object)
* (BDSM) parachute (scrotum collar from which weights can be hung)
** 1996, Guillaume Dustan, Dans ma chambre [In My Room], Paris: POL, page 71; quoted in David Caron, My Father and I: The Marais and the Queerness of Community, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2009, →ISBN, page 106:En dessous il y a les godes et les plugs, rangés par taille sur deux étagères: deux gros plugs, quatre petits, quatre godes doubles, huit godes simples. En dessous il y a le petit matériel, accroché à des clous: cinq paires de pinces à seins différentes, des pinces à linge, un parachute pour les couilles, tin collier de chien, deux cagoules, une en cuir, une en latex, six cockrings, en acier, en cuir, simples ou avec serre-couilles incorporé, deux étuis à bite […]Below there are the dildos and plugs, ranging in size on two shelves: two big plugs, four small, four double-dildos, eight simple dildos. Below there is the small equipment, hung on nails: five pairs of different nipple clamps, clothes pegs, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one leather, one latex, six cockrings, in steel, in leather, simple or with built-in ball clamps, two cock-sleeves […]

#### Derived terms

* parachute doré
* parachuter
* parachutisme
* parachutiste

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: paraşüt
* → Albanian: parashutë
* → Dutch: parachute
** → Papiamentu: parachüt
* → English: parachute
* → Ottoman Turkish: پاراشوت (paraşüt)
** Turkish: paraşüt
* → Russian: парашю́т (parašút)
** → Armenian: պարաշյուտ (parašyut)
** → Kazakh: парашют (paraşüt)

### Further reading

* “parachute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* crapahute, crapahuté