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French term or phrase:	bruit d\'étouffement
English translation:	noise of deflation
Entered by:	Wyley Powell

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14:50 Feb 21, 2011

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French term or phrase: bruit d'étouffement

This is a witness statement taken by a police officer. The person witnessed a fatal paragliding accident, saying that he saw the paraglider being carried off by the wind and he then heard ***un bruit d'étouffement du parachute***. Not sure what kind of noise a parachute makes. Unfortunately, there's no further description of the parachute.

TIA

Wyley Powell

noise of deflation

Explanation:
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kashew
France
Local time: 08:06

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Summary of answers provided

sound of (a parachute) collapsing

philgoddard

he heard (the parachute) deflate (rapidly)

Francesca Gatenby

candling sound

xxxBourth

noise of deflation

kashew

smothering sound

Howard Sugar

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

24 mins confidence:

smothering sound

Explanation:
Usually étouffement is suffocation, smothering, strangling, choking ect. I think smothering is sufficiently "flexible" to give the idea.

Howard Sugar
Italy
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of:

English

43 mins confidence:

sound of (a parachute) collapsing

Explanation:
.

Example sentence(s):

Although possible, it is difficult to cause the aircraft to get into a dangerous attitude, stall, or chute collapse by means of pilot control inputs

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powered_parachute

philgoddard
Local time: 01:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

noise of deflation

Explanation:
*

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragliding#In-flight_Wing_Defl...

kashew
France
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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2 hrs confidence:

candling sound

Explanation:
Not sure there's a noise associated with candling, or whether the term is still used/understood these days. In the good old bad old days, when a chute came out of its pack but failed to open, it would trail lengthwise behind an airman like a giant candle, hence the name. Similarly, under certain air conditions (explosions nearby, possibly just atmospheric conditions), or if it got a big hole blasted in the middle, the air "inside" it would spill out and the same "candle" shape would form. It might fill again if due simply to air conditions.

xxxBourth
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 328

6 hrs confidence:

he heard (the parachute) deflate (rapidly)

Explanation:
another option is to leave out direct mention of 'noise/sound' and describe the visual effect of the chute deflating

Francesca Gatenby
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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