aircraft carrier

Noun CEFR B2

ˈɛːɹ.kɹæft kʰɛɹːiɚ

Definitions

A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.

Equivalents

Españolportaaviones

Françaisporte-avions

DeutschFlugzeugträger

28 more languages

Afrikaansvliegdekskip

العربيةحَمَلَةُ طَائِرَات

Catalàportaavions

Češtinaletadlová loď

Danskhangarskib

Ελληνικάαεροπλανοφόρο

Esperantoaviadila ŝipo aviadilporta aviadilŝipoaviporta ŝipo

Suomilentotukialus

Gaeilgeiompróir aerárthaí

עבריתנוֹשֵׂאת מְטוֹסִים

हिन्दीविमान वाहक पोत

Magyarrepülőgép-anyahajó repülőgép-hordozó

Italianoportaerei portaeromobili

日本語空母航空母艦

ქართულიავიამზიდი

Қазақ тіліұшақ тасығыш

한국어항공모함 항모

Lietuviųlėktùvnešis

Nederlandsvliegdekschip

Polskiawiomatka lotniskowiec

Portuguêsporta-aviões

Românăportavion

Русскийавиаматка авианосец

Svenskahangarfartyg

ไทยเรือบรรทุกอากาศยาน

Türkçetayyare gemisi uçak gemisi

Українськаавіаматка авіаносець

Tiếng Việthàng không mẫu hạm tàu sân bay

Examples

“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, designed for aircraft carrier operations.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

aircraft engine aircraft graveyard aircraft movement aircraft registration number aircraft station aircrafthand

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