hovercraft
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hover + -craft. Originally a trademark by Saunders-Roe Limited, a British aero- and marine-engineering company.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹæft/, /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹæft/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhʌvɚ.kɹæft/, /ˈhɑvɚ.kɹæft/
Noun
[edit]hovercraft (plural hovercrafts or hovercraft)
- (vehicles, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.
- 2022 July 24, Morgan Krakow, “It began as a typical ferry ride in Kachemak Bay. Then a minke whale went airborne.”, in Anchorage Daily News[1]:
- The snapshot shows the whale parallel above the water almost as if it’s competing in belly-flop contest, doing a midair plank or floating across the bay like a hovercraft.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]vehicle supported on a cushion of air
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English hovercraft.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hovercraft m or f (plural hovercrafts, diminutive hovercraftje n)
- hovercraft
- Synonym: luchtkussenvoertuig
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English hovercraft.
Noun
[edit]hovercraft m (plural hovercrafts)
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English hovercraft.
Noun
[edit]hovercraft m (invariable)
- hovercraft
- Synonyms: aeroscafo, aeronave, aeroscivolante, aeroslittante
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English hovercraft.
Noun
[edit]hovercraft m (plural hovercrafts)
- (Brazil) hovercraft (a vehicle supported on a cushion of air)
- Synonyms: aerobarco, aerodeslizador
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French hovercraft.
Noun
[edit]hovercraft n (plural hovercrafturi)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | hovercraft | hovercraftul | hovercrafturi | hovercrafturile | |
genitive-dative | hovercraft | hovercraftului | hovercrafturi | hovercrafturilor | |
vocative | hovercraftule | hovercrafturilor |
References
[edit]- hovercraft in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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