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seaplane

US/ˈsiˌpleɪn/

seaplane noun: any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.

seaplane: any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water
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Noun

seaplane (plural seaplanes)

  1. (aircraft) Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
    Synonyms:
    hydroplane

seaplane meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

seaplane in Tamil

கடல் வானூர்தி, கடல்சார் வானூர்தி

seaplane in Vietnamese

an aircraft
thủy phi cơ

Synonyms of seaplane

Forms of seaplane

pluralseaplanes

Plural of seaplane: seaplanes

Origin of seaplane

From sea + plane. Supposedly coined by Winston Churchill.

Words formed from seaplane

Phrases with seaplane

Questions about seaplane

What does seaplane mean?
Seaplane means any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
What is seaplane in Tamil?
Seaplane in Tamil is கடல் வானூர்தி, கடல்சார் வானூர்தி. See Seaplane meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is seaplane?
Seaplane is a noun.
How do you pronounce seaplane?
Seaplane is pronounced /ˈsiˌpleɪn/ (US).
What is the plural of seaplane?
The plural of seaplane is seaplanes.

Words near seaplane in the dictionary

  1. seans
  2. seaperch
  3. seaperches
  4. seapiece
  5. seapieces
  6. seaplane
  7. seaplane carrier
  8. seaplane carriers
  9. seaplane tender
  10. seaplane tenders
  11. seaplanes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seaplane (page history and authors); seaplane (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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