magic carpet

magic carpet

English

A man riding a magic carpet.

Noun

magic carpet (plural magic carpets)

1. (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 (lyrics and music), “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

2. (skiing) A conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders.

   Synonym: carpet lift

   Coordinate terms: T-bar, chairlift, ski lift, rope-tow

Usage notes

(skiing): The magic carpet usually transports from the base of a bunny hill ski run to its top or as a way to get on a chair lift without needing to be stationary

Translations

a 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 (tʿṙčʿoł gorg) Azerbaijani: uçan xalça, sehirli xalça Basque: alfonbra hegalari Belarusian: дыван-самалёт (dyvan-samaljót) Bengali: উড়ন্ত গালীচা (uṛôntô galīca) 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 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 Ukrainian: килим-самоліт (kylym-samolit) Turkish: uçan halı Uyghur: ئۇچار گىلەم‎ (uchar gilem)

a skier/snowboarder conveyor

Dutch: sleeplift (nl) m French: tapis roulant (fr)