Phrase guide

fighter plane

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: aircraft

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Afrikaans: vegvliegtuig — military aircraft
  • Albanian: avion luftarak — military aircraft
  • Arabic: طَائِرَة مُقَاتِلَة — military aircraft
  • Armenian: կործանիչ (korcaničʻ) — military aircraft
  • Azerbaijani: qırıcı — military aircraft
  • Belarusian: знішча́льнік (zniščálʹnik) — military aircraft
  • Bengali: যুদ্ধ বিমান (juddho biman) — military aircraft
  • Bulgarian: изтреби́тел (iztrebítel) — military aircraft
  • Burmese: တိုက်လေယာဉ် (tuikleyany) — military aircraft
  • Chinese Cantonese: 戰鬥機 /战斗机 (zin3 dau3 gei1) — military aircraft
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰鬥機 /战斗机 (zhàndòujī) — military aircraft
  • Czech: stíhací letoun — military aircraft
  • Czech: stíhačka — military aircraft
  • Danish: jagerfly — military aircraft
  • Dutch: jachtvliegtuig — military aircraft
  • Dutch: gevechtsvliegtuig — military aircraft
  • Dutch: jager — military aircraft
  • Esperanto: ĉasaviadilo — military aircraft
  • Estonian: hävituslennuk — military aircraft
  • Estonian: hävitaja — military aircraft
  • Finnish: hävittäjä — military aircraft
  • Finnish: hävittäjäkone — military aircraft
  • French: avion de chasse — military aircraft
  • West-Frisian: fjochtfleanmasine — military aircraft
  • Galician: caza — military aircraft
  • Georgian: გამანადგურებელი (gamanadgurebeli) — military aircraft
  • German: Jagdflugzeug — military aircraft
  • German: Kampfflugzeug — military aircraft
  • German: Jäger — military aircraft
  • Greek: μαχητικό αεροσκάφος (machitikó aeroskáfos) — military aircraft
  • Hebrew: מְטוֹס קְרָב (metós krav) — military aircraft
  • Hindi: लड़ाकू विमान (laṛākū vimān) — military aircraft
  • Hungarian: vadászrepülőgép — military aircraft
  • Icelandic: orrustuflugvél — military aircraft
  • Indonesian: pesawat tempur — military aircraft
  • Italian: aereo da caccia — military aircraft
  • Japanese: 戦闘機 (sentōki) — military aircraft
  • Kazakh: жойғыш (joiğyş) — military aircraft
  • Korean: 전투기 (jeontugi) — military aircraft
  • Kyrgyz: кыргыч (kırgıc) — military aircraft
  • Kyrgyz: истребитель (istrebitel) — military aircraft
  • Latin: aeroplanum insectatorium — military aircraft
  • Latvian: iznīcinātājs — military aircraft
  • Lithuanian: naikintuvas — military aircraft
  • Macedonian: ловец (lovec) — military aircraft
  • Malay: pesawat pejuang — military aircraft
  • Marathi: लढाऊ विमान (laḍhāū vimān) — military aircraft
  • Mongolian: сөнөөгч онгоц (sönöögč ongoc) — military aircraft
  • Navajo: chidí naatʼaʼí dilwoʼí — military aircraft
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jagerfly — military aircraft
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kampfly — military aircraft
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jagarfly — military aircraft
  • Iranian Persian: جَنْگَنْدِه (jangande) — military aircraft
  • Iranian Persian: هَواپِیمایِ شِکاری (havâpeymâ-ye šekâri) — military aircraft
  • Polish: samolot myśliwski — military aircraft
  • Polish: myśliwiec — military aircraft
  • Portuguese: caça — military aircraft
  • Romanian: avion de vânătoare — military aircraft
  • Russian: истреби́тель (istrebítelʹ) — military aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: borbeni zrakoplov — military aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: borbeni avion — military aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: lovački avion — military aircraft
  • Slovak: stíhacie lietadlo — military aircraft
  • Slovene: lovsko letalo — military aircraft
  • Spanish: caza — military aircraft
  • Spanish: avión de caza — military aircraft
  • Swahili: ndege ya kivita — military aircraft
  • Swedish: jaktflygplan — military aircraft
  • Swedish: jaktplan — military aircraft
  • Tajik: қиркунанда (qirkunanda) — military aircraft
  • Thai: เครื่องบินขับไล่ (krʉ̂ʉang-bin-kàp-lâi) — military aircraft
  • Thai: เครื่องบินรบ (krʉ̂ʉang-bin-róp) — military aircraft
  • Turkish: avcı uçağı — military aircraft
  • Ukrainian: вини́щувач (vynýščuvač) — military aircraft
  • Urdu: لَڑاکا طَیَّارَہ (laṛākā tayyāra) — military aircraft
  • Uyghur: كۈرەشچى (küreshchi) — military aircraft
  • Uyghur: كۈرەشچى ئايروپىلان (küreshchi ayropilan) — military aircraft
  • Uzbek: qiruvchi — military aircraft
  • Uzbek: qiruvchi samolyot — military aircraft
  • Vietnamese: máy bay tiêm kích — military aircraft