зракомлат

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From зра̑к +‎ -о- +‎ мла́тити.

Literally translates to "air beater". Coined as a replacement for "хелико̀птер" around 1993 by a government commission charged with coining new Croatian words pertaining to aviation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zrâkomlaːt/
  • Hyphenation: зра‧ко‧млат

Noun

зра̏комла̄т m animacy unspecified (Latin spelling zrȁkomlāt)

  1. (Croatia, neologism, nonstandard, rare) helicopter, chopper
    Synonym: хелико̀птер

Further reading

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