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hovercraft

/ˈhɒv.ə.kɹɑːft/ UK
/ˈhɒv.ə.kɹæft/ UK
/ˈhʌv.ə.kɹɑːft/ UK
/ˈhʌv.ə.kɹæft/ UK
/ˈhʌvɚ.kɹæft/ Canada, US
/ˈhɑvɚ.kɹæft/ Canada, US

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

noun hovercraft · hovercrafts

A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport. 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.
Similar: ACV, air-cushion vehicle

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noun vehicle supported on a cushion of air

Español	aerodeslizador, hovercraft (hóverkraft)
한국어	공기부양정 gonggibuyangjeong, 호버크래프트 hobeokeuraepeuteu
日本語	ホバークラフト hobākurafuto
中文	氣墊船 /气垫船 qìdiànchuán
Português	aerobarco, aerodeslizador, hovercraft
Français	aéroglisseur
Deutsch	Hovercraft, Luftkissenfahrzeug, Luftkissenboot
Italiano	aeroscafo, aeronave, aeroscivolante, aeroslittante, hovercraft
Ελληνικά	αερόστρωμνο aeróstromno
Русский	су́дно на возду́шной поду́шке súdno na vozdúšnoj podúške, СВП SVP, хо́веркра́фт xóverkráft
Tiếng Việt	ca nô đệm khí
العربية	حَوَّامَة ḥawwāma
עברית	רַחֶפֶת, רחפת rakhefet

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@misc{hovercraft_2026,
  title = {hovercraft},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hovercraft},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}