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Pronunciation
IPA|/ɛəkɹɑËÌ©ft/
audio|en-us-aircraft.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology
From air + craft.
Noun
en-noun|pl=aircraft
- A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
- plural of|aircraft
Usage notes
The word aircraft is a Appendix:Glossary#countable|countable noun, but with the same plural form as singular; hence "one aircraft", "two aircraft", etc.
When the term aircraft is used without qualification, it is not usually taken to include rocket aircraft.
Translations
trans-top|machine capable of atmospheric flight
Chinese: 航空器 (hángkÅng qì)
Croatian: t+|hr|zrakoplov|m
Czech: t+|cs|letadlo|n
Dutch: t+|nl|vliegtuig|n
Finnish: t+|fi|lentokone, t-|fi|ilma-alus
French: t+|fr|avion|m
Frisian: fleantúch n, fleanmasine
German: t+|de|Flugzeug|n
Greek: t-|el|αεÏοσκάφος|n|traeroskáfos|scGrek
Hebrew: t-|he|כלי טיס|altכְּלִי טַיִס|trkli-tayis|sc=Hebr m
Interlingua: aeronave, avion
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Japanese: 飛行機 (hikÅki)
Latvian: lidmaÅ¡Ä«na f, lidaparÄts m
Maltese: t-|mt|ajruplan|xs=Maltese
Portuguese: t+|pt|aeronave|f, t+|pt|avião|m, t+|pt|aeroplano|m
Romanian: t-|ro|avion|n, t-|ro|aeronavă|f
Russian: летательный аппарат m, воздушное Ñудно n
Serbian: vazduhoplov
Spanish: t+|es|avión|m, t-|es|aeronave|m
Telugu: t+|te|విమానమà±|trvimaanamu|scTelu
Tok Pisin: balus
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Derived terms
rocket aircraft
Related terms
spacecraft
watercraft
See also
aeroplane italbrac|UK, airplane italbrac|US
Category:Aviation
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