tirolina

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tirolina. By surface analysis, Tirol +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ti.ɾuˈli.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ti.ɾoˈli.na]

Noun

tirolina f (plural tirolines)

1. zipline, aerial runway, zip-wire

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tyrolienne, by surface analysis, Tirol +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɾoˈlina/ [t̪i.ɾoˈli.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: ti‧ro‧li‧na

Noun

tirolina f (plural tirolinas)

1. zipline, aerial runway, zip-wire

   Synonyms: canopy, dosel, tirolesa

   • 2015 October 15, “Chile para aventureros”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Una de las actividades estrella son los circuitos de tirolinas entre las copas de grandes árboles (conocido como canopy).

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “tirolina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10