spacecraft

English

Etymology

From space +‎ -craft.

Pronunciation

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Noun

spacecraft (plural spacecraft or spacecrafts)

2. (astronautics) A vehicle that travels through space.

Usage notes

• The standard plural form is spacecraft; spacecrafts is far less common.

Synonyms

• spaceship
• space vehicle
• space vessel

 

Hyponyms

• cycler
• space capsule
• spaceliner
• spaceplane
• space shuttle
• starcraft
• starliner
• starship
• star vessel

 

Coordinate terms

• space station
• spacesuit

 

Derived terms

• spacecraft bus
• spacecraft clock time

 

Translations

vehicle that travels through space — see also spaceship

• Bulgarian: космически кораб m (kosmičeski korab)
• Danish: rumfartøj (da) n
• French: astronef (fr) m, spationef (fr) m, véhicule spatial (fr) m
• German: Raumfahrzeug (de) n, Weltraumfahrzeug n, Weltraumflugkörper m
• Hebrew: חללית (he) f (khalalít)
• Italian: spazionave f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Ruumfohrtüüg n

• Malayalam: ബഹിരാകാശപേടകം (bahirākāśapēṭakaṁ), ബഹിരാകാശവാഹനം (bahirākāśavāhanaṁ)
• Maori: waka tuarangi, waka ātea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: romfartøy n

  Nynorsk: romfartøy n

• Polish: statek kosmiczny (pl) m
• Swedish: rymdfarkost (sv) n
• Turkish: uzay aracı (tr)

See also

• space shuttle
• timeship