ekranoplan

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ekranoplan

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Borrowed from Russian экранопла́н (ekranoplán), itself derived from экра́н (ekrán, “screen”) as used in экранный эффе́кт (ekrannyj effékt, “ground effect”), from French écran, + the root of French planer (“to glide, to hover”).

noun ekranoplans · ekranoplane

a ground-effect vehicle

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noun ground-effect vehicle

Español	ekranoplano
Português	ecranoplano
Français	ékranoplane
Deutsch	Ekranoplan
Italiano	ekranoplano
Русский	экранопла́н ekranoplán

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"ekranoplan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ekranoplan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"ekranoplan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ekranoplan.

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@misc{ekranoplan_2026,
  title = {ekranoplan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ekranoplan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}