aircraft carrier

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aircraft carrier

  • /ˈɛːɹ.kɹæft kʰɛɹːiɚ/ US

noun aircraft carriers

  1. A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed. The US Air Force has 383 F-35As in its fleet, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The F-35A is one of the three versions of the US military’s stealth fighter. The Marine Corps flies the F-35B – a short take-off, vertical landing aircraft – and the Navy flies the F-35C, de

    Similar: bird farm, flattop

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noun warship for launching aircraft

Españolportaaviones
한국어항공모함 hanggongmoham, 항모 hangmo
日本語航空母艦 kōkūbokan, 空母 kūbo
中文航空母艦 /航空母舰 hángkōng mǔjiàn, 航母 hángmǔ
हिन्दीविमान वाहक पोत vimān vāhak pot
Portuguêsporta-aviões
Françaisporte-avions
DeutschFlugzeugträger
Italianoportaerei, portaeromobili
Ελληνικάαεροπλανοφόρο aeroplanofóro
Românăportavion
Русскийавиано́сец avianósec, авиама́тка aviamátka, ТАКР TAKR, ТАВКР TAVKR
Tiếng Việttàu sân bay, hàng không mẫu hạm
العربيةحَمَلَةُ طَائِرَات ḥamalatu ṭāʔirāt
עבריתנוֹשֵׂאת מְטוֹסִים noset metosim

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@misc{aircraft_carrier_2026,
  title = {aircraft carrier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aircraft%20carrier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}