hovercraft

From hover +‎ -craft. Originally a trademark by Saunders-Roe Limited, a British aero- and marine-engineering company.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈhɒv.ə.kɹæft/, /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹɑːft/, /ˈhʌv.ə.kɹæft/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhʌvɚ.kɹæft/, /ˈhɑvɚ.kɹæft/

hovercraft (plural hovercrafts or hovercraft)

2. (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

   • 2022 July 24, Morgan Krakow, “It began as a typical ferry ride in Kachemak Bay. Then a minke whale went airborne.”, in Anchorage Daily News‎^[1]:

     The snapshot shows the whale parallel above the water almost as if it’s competing in belly-flop contest, doing a midair plank or floating across the bay like a hovercraft.

Borrowed from English hovercraft.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔ.vərˌkrɛft/, /ˈɦu-/, /-ˌkrɑft/

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• Hyphenation: ho‧ver‧craft

hovercraft m or f (plural hovercrafts, diminutive hovercraftje n)

1. hovercraft

   Synonym: luchtkussenvoertuig

Borrowed from English hovercraft.

hovercraft m (plural hovercrafts)

1. hovercraft

Borrowed from English hovercraft.

hovercraft m (invariable)

1. hovercraft

   Synonyms: aeroscafo, aeronave, aeroscivolante, aeroslittante

Unadapted borrowing from English hovercraft.

hovercraft m (plural hovercrafts)

1. (Brazil) hovercraft (a vehicle supported on a cushion of air)

   Synonyms: aerobarco, aerodeslizador

Borrowed from French hovercraft.

hovercraft n (plural hovercrafturi)

1. hovercraft

• hovercraft in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN