parasail
noun, verb
parasail is a noun meaning “A wing-shaped parachute that lifts a rider in a harness when towed by a motorboat etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-R-A-S-A-I-L, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of parasail is parasails.
What does parasail mean?
noun
- 1
A wing-shaped parachute that lifts a rider in a harness when towed by a motorboat etc
verb
- 1
To take part in the recreational activity of parasailing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of parasail
- parasails plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- parasailing participle, present
- parasailed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is parasail?
Parasail appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does parasail come from?
From para- + sail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).