aquaplane

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈækwəpleɪn/
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• General-American: /ˈækwəˌpleɪn/
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• rhymes with (one pronunciation) -eɪn
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌækwəˈpleɪn/
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• General-American: /ˌækwəˈpleɪn/
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PIE word *h2ékweh2 The noun is derived from aqua- (prefix meaning ‘water’) + plane (“flat or level surface”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh2- (“flat”)). The verb is derived from the noun, and is analysable as aqua- + plane (“to glide; to soar; to skim a water surface”).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 滑水板 (huáshuǐbǎn) — board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Finnish: vesilauta — board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• French: aquaplane — board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Italian: acquaplano — board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Macedonian: во́дни ски́и (vódni skíi) — board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Polish: akwaplan — board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Portuguese: aquaplano — board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Romanian: acvaplan — board on which a person stands to ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Finnish: vesilautailla — to ride for leisure standing up on a board pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Macedonian: скија на вода (skija na voda) — to ride for leisure standing up on a board pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Polish: uprawiać jazdę na akwaplanie — to ride for leisure standing up on a board pulled on a water surface by a motorboat
• Finnish: olla vesiliirrossa — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• French: aquaplaner — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• Greek: υδρολίσθηση (ydrolísthisi) — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• Polish: wpadać w poślizg — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• Polish: wpaść w poślizg — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• Portuguese: aquaplanar — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• Romanian: acvaplana — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• Spanish: hacer aquaplaning — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• Swedish: få vattenplaning — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road
• Swedish: vattenplana — of a car, etc.: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle’s tyres sliding on a film of water on the road