"air force" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)s/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-air force.wav Forms: air forces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} air force (plural air forces)
  1. A branch of the military mainly devoted to air warfare, as opposed to (land) army and (sea) navy. Translations (branch of the military devoted to air warfare): lugmag (Afrikaans), forca ajrore (Albanian), سِلَاح طَيَرَان (silāḥ ṭayarān) [masculine] (Arabic), ռազմաօդային ուժեր (ṙazmaōdayin užer) (Armenian), ՌՕՈՒ (ṘŌU) (Armenian), օդուժ (ōduž) (Armenian), hava qüvvələri [plural] (Azerbaijani), aireko indar [singular] (Basque), aireko armada [singular] (Basque), вае́нна-паве́траныя сі́лы (vajénna-pavjétranyja síly) [feminine, plural] (Belarusian), aerlu [masculine] (Breton), военновъздушни сили (voennovǎzdušni sili) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), လေတပ် (letap) (Burmese), força aèria [feminine] (Catalan), 空軍 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 空军 (khong-kun) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 空軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 空军 (kōngjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), letectvo [neuter] (Czech), vzdušné síly [plural] (Czech), flyvevåben [neuter] (Danish), luftvåben [neuter] (Danish), luftstyrke [common-gender] (Danish), luchtmacht [feminine] (Dutch), aerarmeo (Esperanto), flugarmeo (Esperanto), lennuvägi (Estonian), ilmavoimat [plural] (Finnish), armée de l’air [feminine] (French), forces aériennes [feminine, plural] (French), forza aérea [feminine] (Galician), საჰაერო ძალები (sahaero ʒalebi) (Georgian), სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები (samxedro-sahaero ʒalebi) (Georgian), Luftwaffe [feminine] (German), Luftstreitkräfte [plural] (German), Luftwàffa [feminine] (German), αεροπορία (aeroporía) [feminine] (Greek), વાયુદળ (vāyudaḷ) (Gujarati), חיל אוויר (kheil avir) [masculine] (Hebrew), वायु सेना (vāyu senā) [feminine] (Hindi), वायुदल (vāyudal) [masculine] (Hindi), légierő (Hungarian), flugher [neuter] (Icelandic), aer-armeo (Ido), angkatan udara (Indonesian), aerarm [masculine] (Irish), aerfhórsa [masculine] (Irish), aeronautica militare [feminine] (Italian), forze aeree [feminine, plural] (Italian), forza aerea [feminine] (Italian), 空軍 (kūgun) (alt: くうぐん) (Japanese), ꦮꦢ꧀ꦪꦲꦁꦒꦼꦒꦤ (wadya anggegana) (Javanese), កងទ័ពជើងអាកាស (kâng toăp cheung akas) (Khmer), 공군 (gonggun) (alt: 空軍) (Korean), ກອງທັບອາກາດ (kǭng thap ʼā kāt) (Lao), gaisa spēki [feminine, plural] (Latvian), lóchhèèr (Limburgish), karinės oro pajėgos [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), воздухопло́вство (vozduhoplóvstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), tentera udara (Malay), tauā rangi (Maori), flyvåpen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), luftforsvar [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), flyvåpen [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), luftforsvar [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ākāsayānikasenā [feminine] (Pali), نیروی هوائی (niruye havâ'ye) (Persian), siły powietrzne [feminine, plural] (Polish), força aérea [feminine] (Portuguese), forță aeriană [feminine] (Romanian), aviație militară [feminine] (Romanian), вое́нно-возду́шные си́лы (vojénno-vozdúšnyje síly) [feminine, plural] (Russian), ВВС (VVS) [feminine, plural] (Russian), ратно зракопловство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), војно зракопловство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ратно ваздухопловство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ratno zrakoplovstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vojno zrakoplovstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ratno vazduhoplovstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vojenské letectvo [neuter] (Slovak), vzdušné sily [feminine, plural] (Slovak), vojno letalstvo [neuter] (Slovene), fuerza aérea [feminine] (Spanish), flygvapen [neuter] (Swedish), hukbong-panghimpapawid (Tagalog), வான்படை (vāṉpaṭai) (Tamil), กองทัพอากาศ (gong táp aa-gàat) (Thai), hava kuvetleri [plural] (Turkish), військо́во-пові́тряні си́ли (vijsʹkóvo-povítrjani sýly) [feminine, plural] (Ukrainian), فضائیہ (fizāiya) (Urdu), không quân (alt: 空軍) (Vietnamese), llu awyr [masculine] (Welsh), awyrlu [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-air_force-en-noun-tA2jDXCy Disambiguation of 'branch of the military devoted to air warfare': 85 15
  2. A unit in the U.S. Air Force larger than a division but smaller than a command. Categories (topical): Collectives, Military Synonyms: airforce Derived forms: army air force, naval air force Translations (unit in the U.S. Air Force): 美國空軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 美国空军 (Mĕiguó kōngjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), ilmavoimat [plural] (Finnish), កងទ័ពជើងអាកាសសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក (Kâng Toăp Cheung Akas Sâhârôdth Amérĭk) (Khmer)
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "word": "военновъздушни сили"
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          ],
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          "word": "armée de l’air"
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "forces aériennes"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
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          ],
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sahaero ʒalebi",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "word": "საჰაერო ძალები"
        },
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "samxedro-sahaero ʒalebi",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "word": "სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Luftwaffe"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Luftstreitkräfte"
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          "code": "gsw",
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          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Luftwàffa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aeroporía",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "αεροπορία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "vāyudaḷ",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "word": "વાયુદળ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kheil avir",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חיל אוויר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vāyu senā",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "वायु सेना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vāyudal",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "वायुदल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "word": "légierő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "flugher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "word": "aer-armeo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "word": "angkatan udara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aerarm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aerfhórsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "85 15",
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      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "luftforsvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "flyvåpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "luftforsvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ākāsayānikasenā"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "niruye havâ'ye",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "word": "نیروی هوائی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "siły powietrzne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "força aérea"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forță aeriană"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aviație militară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vojénno-vozdúšnyje síly",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "вое́нно-возду́шные си́лы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "VVS",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ВВС"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ратно зракопловство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "војно зракопловство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ратно ваздухопловство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ratno zrakoplovstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vojno zrakoplovstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ratno vazduhoplovstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vojenské letectvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vzdušné sily"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vojno letalstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuerza aérea"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "flygvapen"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "word": "hukbong-panghimpapawid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vāṉpaṭai",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "word": "வான்படை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gong táp aa-gàat",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "word": "กองทัพอากาศ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "hava kuvetleri"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vijsʹkóvo-povítrjani sýly",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "військо́во-пові́тряні си́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "fizāiya",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "word": "فضائیہ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "空軍",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "word": "không quân"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llu awyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "branch of the military devoted to air warfare",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "awyrlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unit in the U.S. Air Force",
      "word": "美國空軍"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Mĕiguó kōngjūn",
      "sense": "unit in the U.S. Air Force",
      "word": "美国空军"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unit in the U.S. Air Force",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ilmavoimat"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "Kâng Toăp Cheung Akas Sâhârôdth Amérĭk",
      "sense": "unit in the U.S. Air Force",
      "word": "កងទ័ពជើងអាកាសសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "air force"
  ],
  "word": "air force"
}

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