hydrofoil

English

A hydrofoil in the Netherlands.

Etymology

hydro- +‎ foil

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑe.dɹəˌfoɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.dɹoʊˌfɔɪl/

Noun

hydrofoil (plural hydrofoils)

1. (nautical) A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.
2. (nautical) A vessel equipped with such a device.

   Coordinate term: hovercraft

Synonyms

• hydroplane

 

Coordinate terms

• flight controller

 

Derived terms

• hydrofoil craft

Verb

hydrofoil (third-person singular simple present hydrofoils, present participle hydrofoiling, simple past and past participle hydrofoiled)

1. (nautical, intransitive) To operate or use or ride atop a hydrofoil wing on a hull so equipped.

   Synonym: foil

Translations

wing

• Bulgarian: хидрофо́йл m (hidrofójl)
• Dutch: draagvleugel (nl) m
• Finnish: kantosiipi (fi)
• French: plan porteur (fr) m
• German: Tragflügel m
• Italian: ala portante
• Portuguese: hidrofólio m
• Russian: подво́дное крыло́ (ru) n (podvódnoje kryló), гидрофо́йл (ru) m (gidrofójl), гидрокрыло́ (ru) n (gidrokryló)

vessel

• Bulgarian: хидрофо́йл m (hidrofójl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水翼船 (zh) (shuǐyìchuán)

• Dutch: draagvleugelboot f
• Finnish: kantosiipialus (fi)
• French: hydroptère (fr) m
• German: Tragflügelboot (de) n
• Greek: υδρολισθητήρας (el) m (ydrolisthitíras), υδροπτέρυγο (el) n (ydroptérygo)
• Italian: aliscafo (it) m
• Japanese: 水中翼船 (すいちゅうよくせん, suichūyokusen)
• Norman: hydrodrisseux m, hydroglisseux m
• Polish: wodolot (pl) m
• Portuguese: hidrofólio m
• Russian: су́дно на подво́дных кры́льях (ru) n (súdno na podvódnyx krýlʹjax), СПК (ru) n (SPK), гидрофо́йл (ru) m (gidrofójl)
• Serbo-Croatian: gliser (sh) m
• Spanish: alíscafo (es) m, aliscafo (es) m
• Swedish: bärplansbåt (sv) c
• Turkish: deniz otobüsü (tr)
• Vietnamese: tàu cánh ngầm

See also

• aquaplane (verb)
• hydroplane (verb)

French

Noun

hydrofoil m (plural hydrofoils)

1. hydrofoil (wing)

Further reading

• “hydrofoil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.