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.

Noun
aircraft (plural aircraft or (nonstandard) aircrafts)
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.
Synonyms of aircraft
Forms of aircraft
| plural | aircraft |
|---|---|
| plural (nonstandard) | aircrafts |
Origin of aircraft
From air + -craft.
Words formed from aircraft
- aircraft attitude
- aircraft carrier
- aircraft engine
- aircraft graveyard
- aircrafthand
- aircraftlike
- aircraftman
- aircraft movement
- aircraft registration number
- aircraftsman
- aircraft station
- aircraftswoman
- aircraftwoman
- airprox
- anti-aircraft
- attack aircraft
- cargo aircraft
- dual-capable aircraft
- fighter aircraft
- liaison aircraft
- model aircraft
- nuclear aircraft
- parasite aircraft
- rocket aircraft
- rotary-wing aircraft
- tanker 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
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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