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aircraft

Syllables: air·craftUK/ˈɛə.kɹɑːft/US/ˈɛɚ.kɹæft/

aircraft noun: a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.

aircraft: a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift
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Noun

aircraft (plural aircraft or (nonstandard) aircrafts)

  1. A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
    • light aircraft
    • aircraft manufacturer
    1. (sometimes) One that can carry a person or persons.

aircraft meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

aircraft in Hindi

machine capable of atmospheric flight
विमान vimān

aircraft in Tamil

machine capable of atmospheric flight
விமானம் vimāṉam

aircraft in Marathi

machine capable of atmospheric flight
विमान vimān

aircraft in Urdu

machine capable of atmospheric flight
طیارہ teyāra, ہوائی جہاز hawāī-jahāz, جہاز jahāz, ہوا پیما hawā-pemā
More languagesFewer languages
aircraft in Bengali
বিমান biman
aircraft in Telugu
విమానము vimānamu
aircraft in Malayalam
ആകാശനൗക ākāśanauka, വിമാനം vimānaṁ
aircraft in Kannada
ವಿಮಾನ vimāna
aircraft in Gujarati
વિમાન vimān
aircraft in Sanskrit
विमान vimāna
aircraft in Tagalog
eroplano
aircraft in Arabic
طَائِرَة ṭāʔira
aircraft in Malay
pesawat
aircraft in Indonesian
pesawat udara
aircraft in Persian
هواپیما havâpeymâ
aircraft in Thai
อากาศยาน aa-gàat-sà-yaan
aircraft in Vietnamese
phi cơ, máy bay
aircraft in Myanmar
လေယာဉ်ပျံ leyanypyam
Dzongkha
གནམ་གྲུ gnam gru

Examples of aircraft in a sentence

  • Each of these aircraft has been upgraded with a new radar and a more powerful engine.
  • The aircraft went into a sudden decline before the pilot regained control.
  • The airstrike suffered minimal casualties because electronic-warfare aircraft were jamming the enemy air-defense radars.

All 40 example sentences with aircraft

Synonyms of aircraft

Forms of aircraft

pluralaircraft
plural (nonstandard)aircrafts

Plural of aircraft: aircraft

Origin of aircraft

From air + -craft.

Words formed from aircraft

Phrases with aircraft

Questions about aircraft

What does aircraft mean?
Aircraft means a vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift.
What is aircraft in Hindi?
Aircraft in Hindi is विमान (vimān). See Aircraft meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is aircraft?
Aircraft is a noun.
How do you pronounce aircraft?
Aircraft is pronounced /ˈɛə.kɹɑːft/ (UK).
What is the plural of aircraft?
The plural of aircraft is aircraft.

Words near aircraft in the dictionary

  1. airconds
  2. airconned
  3. airconning
  4. aircons
  5. aircover
  6. aircraft
  7. aircraft attitude
  8. aircraft attitudes
  9. aircraft carrier
  10. aircraft carriers
  11. aircraft engine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aircraft (page history and authors); વિમાન (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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