hovercraft

English

A hovercraft can travel over water and flat terrain

Etymology

hover +‎ -craft

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹæft/, /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹæft/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌvɚ.kɹæft/, /ˈhɑvɚ.kɹæft/

Noun

hovercraft (plural hovercrafts or hovercraft)

1. A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

Synonyms

• ACV, air-cushion vehicle, GEM, ground-effect machine

Translations

vehicle supported on a cushion of air

• Arabic: حَوَّامَة f (ḥawwāma)
• Basque: aerolabaingailu (eu)
• Catalan: aerolliscador (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氣墊船／气垫船 (zh) (qìdiànchuán), 气垫船 (zh) (qìdiànchuán)

• Czech: vznášedlo (cs) n
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: hovercraft (nl), luchtkussenvoertuig (nl) n
• Esperanto: teraplano
• Finnish: ilmatyynyalus (fi)
• French: aéroglisseur (fr) m
• German: Hovercraft, Luftkissenfahrzeug n, Luftkissenboot n
• Greek: αερόστρωμνο (el) n (aeróstromno)
• Hungarian: légpárnás
• Icelandic: svifnökkvi
• Italian: aeroscivolante m
• Japanese: ホバークラフト (hobākurafuto)
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• Korean: 호버크래프트 (hobeokeuraepeuteu)
• Luxembourgish: Loftkësseboot
• Macedonian: ховеркрафт m (hoverkraft)
• Maori: waka topaki
• Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł dah nahaleʼí
• Norman: aérodrisseux m, aéroglisseux m
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: luftputebåt m

• Persian: هواناو (fa)
• Polish: poduszkowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: aerobarco (pt) m, aerodeslizador (pt), hovercraft (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: су́дно на возду́шной поду́шке (ru) n (súdno na vozdúšnoj podúške), СВП n (SVP), хо́веркра́фт (ru) m (xóverkráft)
• Serbo-Croatian: хо̏веркрафт m, hȍverkraft (sh) m
• Spanish: aerodeslizador (es) m
• Swedish: svävare (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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French

Etymology

From English hovercraft.

Noun

hovercraft m (plural hovercrafts)

1. hovercraft

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English hovercraft.

Noun

hovercraft m (plural s)

1. (Brazil) hovercraft (a vehicle supported on a cushion of air)

Synonyms

• aerobarco, aerodeslizador