para-
Productive prefix meaning 'alongside', 'beyond', or 'subsidiary', used in loanwords such as パラスポーツ (para-sports) and パラリンピック (Paralympics).
Awareness of para-sports is increasing.
Common abbreviation for パラリンピック (Paralympics), used in casual and media contexts.
See also: パラリンピック
The next Paralympics will be held in Paris.
para-hydrogen
paralanguage
From English 'para-', a prefix of Greek origin meaning 'beside' or 'beyond'. The abbreviation sense is a clipping of パラリンピック (Paralympics).