airlift

English

Etymology

From air +‎ lift; compare sealift.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛə.lɪft/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

airlift (plural airlifts)

1. The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
2. Such a flight.
3. (archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.

Derived terms

• non-forecast airlift

Translations

the transportation of troops

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 空運 / 空运 (zh) (kōngyùn)

• Dutch: luchtbrug (nl) m or f
• Faroese: loftbrúgv f
• Finnish: ilmasilta (fi)
• French: pont aérien (fr) m
• German: Luftbrücke (de) f
• Japanese: 空輸 (ja) (くうゆ, kūyu)
• Polish: most powietrzny m
• Russian: возду́шный мост (ru) m (vozdúšnyj most), возду́шные перево́зки f pl (vozdúšnyje perevózki)
• Spanish: puente aéreo m
• Swedish: luftbro (sv) c

a flight

• Dutch: luchtbrug (nl) m or f
• Finnish: ilmasilta (fi)
• French: pont aérien (fr) m
• German: Luftbrücke (de) f, Luftbrückenflug m
• Russian: возду́шный мост (ru) m (vozdúšnyj most)
• Swedish: luftbro (sv) c

a pipe

• Russian: эрли́фт (ru) m (erlíft)

Verb

airlift (third-person singular simple present airlifts, present participle airlifting, simple past and past participle airlifted)

1. (transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.

   The mountaineer who fell down a crevasse had to be airlifted out.

   • 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Julie Benz), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Outskirts:

     My Pelicans are going to start airlifting armor and reinforcements into the city.

Derived terms

• airlifter

Translations

to transport in an airlift

• Dutch: per luchtbrug vervoeren