tightrope walker

English

Tightrope walker by Wilhelm Simmler (1840–1914).

Noun

tightrope walker (plural tightrope walkers)

An acrobat who practices tightrope walking.

Synonyms

aerialist
funambulist
highwire walker
tightrope artist
tightrope dancer

Related terms

skywalker
slackrope walker

Translations

acrobat who practices tightrope walking

Armenian: լարախաղաց (hy) (laraxałacʿ), փահլևան (pʿahlewan), (dialectal) քյանդրբազ (kʿyandrbaz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 走繩索的人, 走绳索的人 (zǒu shéngsuǒ de rén)
Finnish: nuorallatanssija, nuorallakävelijä
French: funambule (fr) m, f
German: Seiltänzer (de) m, Seiltänzerin f
Greek: ακροβάτης (el) m (akrovátis), σχοινοβάτης (el) m (schoinovátis)
Hungarian: légtornász (hu)
Italian: funambolo (it) m
Japanese: 綱渡り師 (つなわたりし, tsunawatari-shi)
Kazakh: даршы (darşı)

Kyrgyz: дарчы (ky) (darçı)
Polish: linoskoczek (pl) m
Portuguese: funâmbulo (pt) m
Romanian: funambul (ro) m, funambulă (ro) f
Russian: канатохо́дец (ru) m (kanatoxódec), канатохо́дка f (kanatoxódka), эквилибри́ст (ru) (ekvilibríst), балансёр (ru) (balansjór)
Spanish: funámbulo m, volatinero m
Turkmen: darbaz
Uyghur: دارۋاز‎‎ (darwaz)
Uzbek: dorboz (uz)
Volapük: (♂♀) jainadanüdan, (♂) jainahidanüdan, (♀) jainajidanüdan

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