Plural of parachute

regular plural

The plural of parachute is parachutes.

Forms of parachute

Once the SRBs decelerate following initial main-parachute deployment, the parachutes disreef in stages to gradually slow the boosters to a safe splashdown speed.From the entry disreef
Picnics are like parachutes: to avoid surprises, you should always pack your own.2021, David Profumo, The Lightning Thread. From the entry farctate
Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked.1998, Sandler Stanley, Segregated Skies, page 104. From the entry candlestick
Their parachutes collapsed and together they roman-candled into the ground.2007, Michael Abrams, Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers. From the entry roman-candle
Gone are the terms we used in our youth the frenchies, frangers, rubbers, joes, french letters, gumboots, rubbers, johnnies, parachutes and plastic fantastics -- these days they're just condoms.2002 February 7, Janine Burgess, “Armour against pleasure?”, in The Timaru Herald. From the entry franger

noun 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.
noun A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
noun Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.

What is the plural of parachute?: The plural of parachute is parachutes.
Is parachute countable?: Parachute is a countable noun.

Adapted from Wiktionary: parachute (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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