Pronunciation
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Noun
magic carpet (plural magic carpets)
- (fiction) A carpet capable either of magical flight, or instantaneous transport from one place to another, used as a means of travel.
- Synonym: flying carpet
1968, Jimi Hendrix, “Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)”, in Electric Ladyland, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience:Have you ever been, have you ever been, to Electric Ladyland? / The magic carpet waits for you, so don't you be late
- (skiing) A conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders.
- Synonym: carpet lift
- Coordinate terms: T-bar, chairlift, ski lift, rope-tow
2023 April 5, “News in pictures: New livery adorns Cairngorm funicular”, in RAIL, number 980, page 28:The relaunch of the railway comes alongside other major improvement works including new 'magic carpet' conveyor belts for skiers using the beginner slopes.
Translations
carpet capable of magical flight
- Afrikaans: vlieënde tapyt
- Albanian: qilim magjik
- Arabic: بِسَاط سِحْرِيّ m (bisāṭ siḥriyy), بِسَاط الرِّيح m (bisāṭ ar-rīḥ)
- Armenian: թռչող գորգ (tʻṙčʻoġ gorg)
- Azerbaijani: uçan xalça, sehirli xalça
- Basque: alfonbra hegalari
- Belarusian: дыван-самалёт (dyvan-samaljót)
- Bengali: উড়ন্ত গালিচা (uṛonto galica)
- Bulgarian: вълшебно килимче m (vǎlšebno kilimče)
- Burmese: ကော်ဇောပျံ (kaujau:pyam)
- Catalan: catifa voladora f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 魔毯 (mótǎn)
- Czech: létající koberec m
- Danish: flyvende tæppe n
- Dutch: vliegend tapijt c
- Esperanto: magia tapiŝo, fluganta tapiŝo
- Estonian: lendav vaip
- Finnish: lentävä matto, taikamatto
- French: tapis volant (fr) m
- German: fliegender Teppich m
- Greek: μαγικό χαλί n (magikó chalí)
- Hebrew: מרבד קסמים m (marvád ksamím)
- Hindi: जादुई क़ालीन f (jāduī qālīn)
- Hungarian: varázsszőnyeg (hu), repülőszőnyeg (hu)
- Indonesian: permadani terbang
- Italian: tappeto volante m
- Japanese: 魔法の絨毯 (まほうのじゅうたん, mahō no jūtan)
- Latvian: lidojošais paklājs m
- Lithuanian: skraidantis kilimas m
- Macedonian: летечки килим m (letečki kilim)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: flyvende teppe n
- Nynorsk: flygande teppe n
- Persian: قالیچه پرنده (qâliče-ye parande)
- Polish: latający dywan m
- Portuguese: tapete mágico m, tapete voador m
- Romanian: covor magic n, covor zburător n
- Russian: ковёр-самолёт (ru) m (kovjór-samoljót)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чаробни ћилим
- Roman: čarobni ćilim
- Slovak: lietajúci koberec m
- Slovene: leteča preproga f
- Spanish: alfombra mágica f, alfombra voladora f
- Swedish: flygande matta (sv) c
- Turkish: uçan halı
- Ukrainian: килим-самоліт (kylym-samolit)
- Uyghur: ئۇچار گىلەم (uchar gilem)
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skier/snowboarder conveyor
