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Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: aircraft
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hydroplane
Antonyms: none provided
an airplane that can land on or take off from water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the designer of marine aircraft demonstrated his newest hydroplane
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hydroplane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: airplane, aeroplane, plane
Narrower terms: floatplane, pontoon plane, flying boat
glide on the water in a hydroplane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hydroplane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fly, aviate, pilot
From sea + plane. Supposedly coined by Winston Churchill.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
vliegboot
— an aircraft
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Basque:
ur-hegazkin
— an aircraft
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Bulgarian:
хидроплан
(hidroplan)
— an aircraft
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Catalan:
hidroavió
— an aircraft
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Chinese Mandarin:
水上飛機 /水上飞机
(shuǐshàng fēijī)
— an aircraft
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Czech:
hydroplán
— an aircraft
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Danish:
vandfly
— an aircraft
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Dutch:
watervliegtuig
— an aircraft
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Esperanto:
hidroplano
— an aircraft
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Estonian:
vesilennuk
— an aircraft
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Faroese:
sjóflogfar
— an aircraft
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Finnish:
vesitaso
— an aircraft
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Finnish:
vesilentokone
— an aircraft
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French:
hydravion
— an aircraft
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Galician:
hidroavión
— an aircraft
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Georgian:
ჰიდროთვითმფრინავი
(hidrotvitmprinavi)
— an aircraft
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Georgian:
ჰიდროპლანი
(hidroṗlani)
— an aircraft
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German:
Wasserflugzeug
— an aircraft
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Greek:
υδροπλάνο
(ydropláno)
— an aircraft
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Hungarian:
hidroplán
— an aircraft
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Icelandic:
sjóflugvél
— an aircraft
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Italian:
idrovolante
— an aircraft
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Japanese:
水上機
(suijōki)
— an aircraft
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Macedonian:
хидроавио́н
(hidroavión)
— an aircraft
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sjøfly
— an aircraft
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sjøfly
— an aircraft
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Polish:
wodnosamolot
— an aircraft
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Polish:
hydroplan
— an aircraft
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Portuguese:
hidroavião
— an aircraft
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Romanian:
hidroavion
— an aircraft
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Russian:
гидросамолёт
(gidrosamoljót)
— an aircraft
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Russian:
гидропла́н
(gidroplán)
— an aircraft
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Slovene:
hidroplan
— an aircraft
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Spanish:
hidroavión
— an aircraft
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Spanish:
hidroplano
— an aircraft
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Swedish:
sjöflygplan
— an aircraft
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Vietnamese:
thủy phi cơ
— an aircraft