hovercraft

== English == === Etymology === From hover +‎ -craft. Originally a trademark by Saunders-Roe Limited, a British aero- and marine-engineering company. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹæft/, /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹæft/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhʌvɚ.kɹæft/, /ˈhɑvɚ.kɹæft/ === Noun === hovercraft (plural hovercrafts or hovercraft) (vehicles, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport. Synonyms: ACV, air-cushion vehicle Hypernyms: GEM, ground-effect machine < craft, vehicle, machine Hyponym: LCAC Coordinate term: ionocraft ==== Translations ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hovercraft. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɔ.vərˌkrɛft/, /ˈɦu-/, /-ˌkrɑft/ Hyphenation: ho‧ver‧craft === Noun === hovercraft m or f (plural hovercrafts, diminutive hovercraftje n) hovercraft Synonym: luchtkussenvoertuig == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hovercraft. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hovercraft m (plural hovercrafts) hovercraft == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hovercraft. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hovercraft m (invariable) hovercraft Synonyms: aeroscafo, aeronave, aeroscivolante, aeroslittante == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hovercraft. === Noun === hovercraft m (plural hovercrafts) (Brazil) hovercraft (a vehicle supported on a cushion of air) Synonyms: aerobarco, aerodeslizador == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French hovercraft. === Noun === hovercraft n (plural hovercrafturi) hovercraft ==== Declension ==== === References === hovercraft in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN