abseil
The meaning (definition) of the word abseil
to slide down a tall cliff or wall using a strong rope
The word abseil used in a sentence
“Rock climbers abseil down the mountain with ropes.”
Words that mean the same as abseil (synonyms)
rappelling
The plural of the word abseil
abseils
How the word abseil is said around the world
| French | descente en rappel (desahnt ahn rahpel) |
| Spanish | hacer rappel (ahthayr rahppayl) |
| Mandarin | 绳降 (shéng jiàng) |
| Hindi | एबसेल (aybsayl) |
| Arabic | النزول بالحبل (ahnnoozool beelhahbl) |
| Russian | спуск по веревке (spusk po verevke) |
| Portuguese (EU) | rapel (ruhpel) |
| Portuguese (BR) | rapel (khahpeuu) |
| Japanese | アブセイリング (abuseiringu) |
| German | Abseilen (ahpzyluhn) |
| Urdu | رسی سے اترنا (rusee say uutahrnah) |
| Punjabi | ਅਬਸੀਲ (uhbuhseel) |
| Korean | 하강 (hagang) |
| Hebrew | סנפלינג (snfleeng) |
| Greek | ραπέλ (rapel) |
| Dutch | abseil (ahbseil) |
| Tagalog | pagbaba gamit ang lubid (pahgbahbah gahmeet ahng loobeed) |
| Vietnamese | leo xuống bằng dây (lew soouhurng bahng zuhi) |
| Turkish | iple iniş (iple eenish) |
| Persian | فرود با طناب (fohrood bah tahnahb) |
| Polish | zjazd na linie (zyahst nah leenye) |
| Ukrainian | спускатися по мотузці (spuskatysya po motuztsi) |
| Bengali | অ্যাবসেল (abawshayl) |
| Swedish | firning (firning) |
| Italian | discesa in corda doppia (deeshayzah een kawrdah dohpeeah) |
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