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Definition 2024

aircraft_carrier

aircraft carrier

English

An aircraft carrier.

Noun

aircraft carrier ‎(plural aircraft carriers)

A warship with a deck on which airplanes can be launched and landed.

Synonyms

flat-top, flattop

Hyponyms

helicopter carrier
escort carrier
aviation cruiser
supercarrier
fleet carrier

Derived terms

Derived terms

commando carrier
escort carrier
fleet carrier

merchant aircraft carrier
supercarrier
light carrier

See also

Translations

warship for launching aircraft

Armenian: ավիակիր (hy) ‎(aviakir)
Catalan: portaavions (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 航空母艦 (zh), 航空母舰 (zh) ‎(hángkōngmǔjiàn), (abbreviation) 航母 (zh) ‎(hángmǔ)

Min Nan: 航空母舰 ‎(hang5-khong1-bu2-lam7), 航母 ‎(hang5-bu2)
Czech: letadlová loď (cs) f
Danish: hangarskib n
Dutch: vliegdekschip (nl) n
Esperanto: aviadila ŝipo, aviadilporta, aviporta ŝipo, aviadilŝipo
Faroese: flogberi m
Finnish: lentotukialus (fi)
French: porte-avions (fr) m
German: Flugzeugträger (de) m
Hungarian: repülőgép-anyahajó (hu)
Irish: iompróir aerárthaí m
Italian: portaerei (it) f, portaeromobili f

Japanese: 航空母艦 (ja) ‎(こうくうぼかん, kōkūbokan), (abbreviation) 空母 (ja) ‎(くうぼ, kūbo)
Korean: 항공모함 (ko) ‎(hanggongmoham) (航空母艦 (ko)), (abbreviation) 항모 ‎(hangmo) (航母)
Latin: navis aëroplanigera f
Macedonian: носач на авио́ни m ‎(nosač na avióni)
Mongolian: нисэх онгоц тээвэрлэгч ‎(niseh ongots teeverlegč)
Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł chidí naatʼaʼí bee nágéhéʼ
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hangarskip n

Nynorsk: hangarskip n
Polish: lotniskowiec (pl) m
Portuguese: porta-aviões (pt) m
Russian: авиано́сец (ru) m ‎(avianósec), авиама́тка (ru) f ‎(aviamátka)
Spanish: portaaviones (es) m
Swedish: hangarfartyg (sv) n