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spacecraft

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈspeɪsˌkɹæft/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S P EY1 S K R AE2 F T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A vehicle that travels through space.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ballistic capsule, space vehicle

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craft, satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter

Narrower terms: lander, lunar excursion module, lunar module, LEM, space capsule, capsule, space shuttle, starship, spaceship

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin spatiumbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft English -craft English spacecraft From space + -craft.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَرْكَبَة فَضَائِيَّة (markaba faḍāʔiyya) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Basque: espazio-ontzi — vehicle that travels through space
  • Belarusian: касмі́чны апара́т (kasmíčny aparát) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Bulgarian: косми́чески ко́раб (kosmíčeski kórab) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Chinese Mandarin: 航天器 (hángtiānqì) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Danish: rumfartøj — vehicle that travels through space
  • French: astronef — vehicle that travels through space
  • French: spationef — vehicle that travels through space
  • French: véhicule spatial — vehicle that travels through space
  • Georgian: კოსმოსური ხომალდი (ḳosmosuri xomaldi) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Georgian: კოსმოსური საფრენი აპარატი (ḳosmosuri sapreni aṗaraṭi) — vehicle that travels through space
  • German: Raumfahrzeug — vehicle that travels through space
  • German: Weltraumfahrzeug — vehicle that travels through space
  • German: Weltraumflugkörper — vehicle that travels through space
  • Greek: διαστημόπλοιο (diastimóploio) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Hebrew: חֲלָלִית (khalalít) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Hindi: अंतरिक्ष यान (antrikṣ yān) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Italian: spazionave — vehicle that travels through space
  • Japanese: 宇宙機 (uchūki) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Kyrgyz: космос аппараты (kosmos apparatı) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Lao: ຍານອາວະກາດ (nyā n wa kāt) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Low German: Ruumfohrtüüg — vehicle that travels through space
  • Malayalam: ബഹിരാകാശപേടകം (bahirākāśapēṭakaṁ) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Malayalam: ബഹിരാകാശവാഹനം (bahirākāśavāhanaṁ) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Māori: waka tuarangi — vehicle that travels through space
  • Māori: waka ātea — vehicle that travels through space
  • Norwegian Bokmål: romfartøy — vehicle that travels through space
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: romfartøy — vehicle that travels through space
  • Polish: statek kosmiczny — vehicle that travels through space
  • Russian: косми́ческий аппара́т (kosmíčeskij apparát) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Spanish: nave espacial — vehicle that travels through space
  • Swedish: rymdfarkost — vehicle that travels through space
  • Tatar: галәми аппарат (ğälämi apparat) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Thai: ยานอวกาศ (yaan-à-wá-gàat) — vehicle that travels through space
  • Turkish: uzay aracı — vehicle that travels through space
  • Ukrainian: космі́чний апара́т (kosmíčnyj aparát) — vehicle that travels through space
Real reading context

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