aquaplaning
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Verb ===
aquaplaning
present participle and gerund of aquaplane
=== Noun ===
aquaplaning (countable and uncountable, plural aquaplanings)
(automotive, UK) The loss of contact with the road because of surface water; the act of aquaplaning.
Synonym: (US, Canada) hydroplaning
==== Translations ====
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English aquaplaning.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /a.kwa.pla.niŋ/
=== Noun ===
aquaplaning m (plural aquaplanings)
aquaplaning
Synonyms: aquaplanage m, hydroplanage m
== Italian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
acquaplaning
acquaplanning
aquaplanning
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English aquaplaning.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
aquaplaning m (invariable)
aquaplaning
Synonyms: (rare) idroplanaggio, (uncommon) acquaplanaggio, (rare) idroplanamento, (uncommon) acquaplanamento, (rare) idroscivolamento, (uncommon) idroslittamento
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Unadapted borrowing from English aquaplaning.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /akwaˈpleinin/ [a.kwaˈplei̯.nĩn]
Rhymes: -einin
=== Noun ===
aquaplaning m (plural aquaplanings)
aquaplaning
Synonyms: acuaplaneo, hidroplaneo
==== Usage notes ====
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
=== Further reading ===
“aquaplaning”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025