Phrase guide

ejection seat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ejector seat, capsule

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: seat

History

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: katapultsæde — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Dutch: schietstoel — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Finnish: heittoistuin — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • French: siège éjectable — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • German: Schleudersitz — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Indonesian: kursi lenting — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Italian: seggiolino eiettabile — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Malay: kerusi lenting — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: katapultsete — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: katapultsete — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Polish: fotel wyrzucany — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Portuguese: assento ejetor — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Russian: катапульти́руемое кре́сло (katapulʹtírujemoje kréslo) — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Spanish: asiento eyectable — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Swedish: katapultstol — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit
  • Ukrainian: крісло-катапульта (krislo-katapulʹta) — seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit