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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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)
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English hovercraft.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁo(w).veʁˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/ [ho(ʊ̯).vehˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi], /ʁo(w).veʁˈkɾɛft͡ʃ/ [ho(ʊ̯).vehˈkɾɛft͡ʃ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁo(w).veɾˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/ [ho(ʊ̯).veɾˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi], /ʁo(w).veɾˈkɾɛft͡ʃ/ [ho(ʊ̯).veɾˈkɾɛft͡ʃ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁo(w).veʁˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/ [χo(ʊ̯).veχˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi], /ʁo(w).veʁˈkɾɛft͡ʃ/ [χo(ʊ̯).veχˈkɾɛft͡ʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁo(w).veɻˈkɾɛft͡ʃ/ [ho(ʊ̯).veɻˈkɾɛft͡ʃ], /ʁo(w).veɻˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/ [ho(ʊ̯).veɻˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi]
- Hyphenation: ho‧ver‧craft
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]
Declension of hovercraft
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) hovercraft | hovercraftul | (niște) hovercrafturi | hovercrafturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) hovercraft | hovercraftului | (unor) 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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