anti-aircraft

See also: antiaircraft

English

Alternative forms

• antaircraft (rare)
• antiaircraft

Etymology

anti- +‎ aircraft.

Adjective

anti-aircraft (not comparable)

1. (military) Intended to attack aircraft.

Synonyms

• AA, double-A
• AAA, triple-A
• ack-ack
• air-defence, air-defense
• anti-air

Translations

intended to attack aircraft

• Catalan: antiaeri (ca)
• Czech: protiletadlový m, protiletecký m
• Estonian: õhutõrje
• Finnish: ilmatorjunta- (fi)
• French: anti-aérien (fr)
• Greek: αντιαεροπορικός (el) (antiaeroporikós)
• Hindi: जहाज़मार (jahāzmār)

• Portuguese: antiaéreo
• Romanian: antiaerian (ro)
• Russian: противовозду́шный (ru) (protivovozdúšnyj), зени́тный (ru) (zenítnyj)
• Slovene: protiletalski
• Spanish: antiaéreo
• Swedish: luftvärns-

Noun

anti-aircraft (countable and uncountable, plural anti-aircraft or anti-aircrafts)

1. (military) Anti-aircraft artillery.
2. (military) An anti-aircraft artillery organization.
3. (military) Anti-aircraft fire.

Synonyms

• AA, double-A
• AAA, triple-A
• ack-ack
• air defence, air defense
• Archie

Translations

anti-aircraft artillery

• Catalan: antiaeri (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高射炮 (zh) (gāoshèpào)

• Hindi: जहाज़मार तोप m (jahāzmār top)

• Japanese: 高射砲 (ja) (こうしゃほう, kōshahō)
• Romanian: artilerie antiaeriană f
• Spanish: antiaéreo m

Further reading

• Anti-aircraft warfare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia