"anti-aircraft" meaning in English

See anti-aircraft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: anti- + aircraft. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|aircraft}} anti- + aircraft Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} anti-aircraft (not comparable)
  1. (military) Intended to attack aircraft. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: air-defence, air-defense, anti-air, surface-to-air Translations (intended to attack aircraft): հակաօդային (hakaōdayin) (Armenian), проціпаве́траны (procipavjétrany) (Belarusian), супрацьпаве́траны (supracʹpavjétrany) (Belarusian), зені́тны (zjenítny) (Belarusian), зэні́тны (zenítny) (Belarusian), противовъзду́шен (protivovǎzdúšen) (Bulgarian), antiaeri (Catalan), protiletadlový [masculine] (Czech), protiletecký [masculine] (Czech), luftværns- (Danish), õhutõrje (Estonian), ilmatorjunta- (Finnish), anti-aérien (French), antiaéreo (Galician), Flugabwehr- (German), αντιαεροπορικός (antiaeroporikós) (Greek), जहाज़मार (jahāzmār) (Hindi), antiaereo (Italian), противвоздушен (protivvozdušen) (Macedonian), przeciwlotniczy (Polish), antiaéreo (Portuguese), antiaerian (Romanian), противовозду́шный (protivovozdúšnyj) (Russian), зени́тный (zenítnyj) (Russian), protilietadlový (Slovak), protiletecký (Slovak), protiletalski (Slovene), antiaéreo (Spanish), luftvärns- (Swedish), uçaksavar (Turkish), протипові́тря́ний (protypovítrjányj) (Ukrainian), зені́тний (zenítnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-anti-aircraft-en-adj-Igmw4avr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with anti-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 6 9 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 7 7 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 32 24 20 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 6 6 5 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: AA, double-A, AAA, triple-A, ack-ack, antaircraft [rare], antiaircraft

Noun

Forms: anti-aircraft [plural], anti-aircrafts [plural]
Etymology: anti- + aircraft. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|aircraft}} anti- + aircraft Head templates: {{en-noun|~|anti-aircraft|s}} anti-aircraft (countable and uncountable, plural anti-aircraft or anti-aircrafts)
  1. (military) Anti-aircraft artillery. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military, Artillery Translations (anti-aircraft artillery): antiaeri [masculine] (Catalan), 高射炮 (gāoshèpào) (Chinese Mandarin), ilmatorjuntatuli (Finnish), जहाज़मार तोप (jahāzmār top) [masculine] (Hindi), 高射砲 (kōshahō) (alt: こうしゃほう) (Japanese), artilerie antiaeriană [feminine] (Romanian), antiaéreo [masculine] (Spanish), luftvärn [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-anti-aircraft-en-noun-ZCByZ1fm Disambiguation of Artillery: 16 49 29 6 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'anti-aircraft artillery': 68 21 10
  2. (military) An anti-aircraft artillery organization. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-anti-aircraft-en-noun-Y2v0wtF2 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (military) Anti-aircraft fire. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-anti-aircraft-en-noun-rhYhCXwF Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: AA, double-A, AAA, triple-A, ack-ack, antaircraft [rare], antiaircraft, air defence, air defense, Archie

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for anti-aircraft meaning in English (10.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "anti",
        "3": "aircraft"
      },
      "expansion": "anti- + aircraft",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "anti- + aircraft.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "anti-aircraft (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 6 9 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 7 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 24 20 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with anti-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 6 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1947 January and February, “Wartime Traffic at Tanfield, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 47",
          "text": "Special lamps were provided for working during the blackout, and an anti-aircraft gun, manned by the R.A.O.C., was mounted on the coal depot line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest",
          "text": "Truth's ships are clustered above the excavation site. And his infantry has deployed anti-aircraft batteries around the perimeter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intended to attack aircraft."
      ],
      "id": "en-anti-aircraft-en-adj-Igmw4avr",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Intended",
          "intended"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Intended to attack aircraft."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "air-defence"
        },
        {
          "word": "air-defense"
        },
        {
          "word": "anti-air"
        },
        {
          "word": "surface-to-air"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hakaōdayin",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "հակաօդային"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "procipavjétrany",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "проціпаве́траны"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "supracʹpavjétrany",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "супрацьпаве́траны"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zjenítny",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "зені́тны"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "zenítny",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "зэні́тны"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "protivovǎzdúšen",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "противовъзду́шен"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "antiaeri"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "protiletadlový"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "protiletecký"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "luftværns-"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "õhutõrje"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "ilmatorjunta-"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "anti-aérien"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "antiaéreo"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "Flugabwehr-"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "antiaeroporikós",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "αντιαεροπορικός"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jahāzmār",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "जहाज़मार"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "antiaereo"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "protivvozdušen",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "противвоздушен"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "przeciwlotniczy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "antiaéreo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "antiaerian"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "protivovozdúšnyj",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "противовозду́шный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zenítnyj",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "зени́тный"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "protilietadlový"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "protiletecký"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "protiletalski"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "antiaéreo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "luftvärns-"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "uçaksavar"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "protypovítrjányj",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "протипові́тря́ний"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zenítnyj",
          "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
          "word": "зені́тний"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "AA"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "double-A"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "AAA"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "triple-A"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ack-ack"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "antaircraft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "antiaircraft"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anti-aircraft"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "anti",
        "3": "aircraft"
      },
      "expansion": "anti- + aircraft",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "anti- + aircraft.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "anti-aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anti-aircrafts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "anti-aircraft",
        "3": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "anti-aircraft (countable and uncountable, plural anti-aircraft or anti-aircrafts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 49 29 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Artillery",
          "orig": "en:Artillery",
          "parents": [
            "Weapons",
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1944 June 3, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970, page 839",
          "text": "I am blacking out—ease the stick forward slightly—the sky is clear again—I turn out over water—reverse turn—there are antiaircraft on the island below—I reverse again—and again.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anti-aircraft artillery."
      ],
      "id": "en-anti-aircraft-en-noun-ZCByZ1fm",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Anti-aircraft",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "artillery",
          "artillery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Anti-aircraft artillery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "68 21 10",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antiaeri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 21 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gāoshèpào",
          "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
          "word": "高射炮"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 21 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
          "word": "ilmatorjuntatuli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 21 10",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jahāzmār top",
          "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "जहाज़मार तोप"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 21 10",
          "alt": "こうしゃほう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōshahō",
          "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
          "word": "高射砲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 21 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "artilerie antiaeriană"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 21 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "antiaéreo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "68 21 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "luftvärn"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An anti-aircraft artillery organization."
      ],
      "id": "en-anti-aircraft-en-noun-Y2v0wtF2",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "anti-aircraft",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "artillery",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) An anti-aircraft artillery organization."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anti-aircraft fire."
      ],
      "id": "en-anti-aircraft-en-noun-rhYhCXwF",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Anti-aircraft",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Anti-aircraft fire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "AA"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "double-A"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "AAA"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "triple-A"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ack-ack"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "antaircraft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "antiaircraft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "air defence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "air defense"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Archie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anti-aircraft"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms prefixed with anti-",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Artillery"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "anti",
        "3": "aircraft"
      },
      "expansion": "anti- + aircraft",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "anti- + aircraft.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "anti-aircraft (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1947 January and February, “Wartime Traffic at Tanfield, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 47",
          "text": "Special lamps were provided for working during the blackout, and an anti-aircraft gun, manned by the R.A.O.C., was mounted on the coal depot line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest",
          "text": "Truth's ships are clustered above the excavation site. And his infantry has deployed anti-aircraft batteries around the perimeter.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Intended to attack aircraft."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Intended",
          "intended"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Intended to attack aircraft."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "AA"
    },
    {
      "word": "double-A"
    },
    {
      "word": "AAA"
    },
    {
      "word": "triple-A"
    },
    {
      "word": "ack-ack"
    },
    {
      "word": "air-defence"
    },
    {
      "word": "air-defense"
    },
    {
      "word": "anti-air"
    },
    {
      "word": "surface-to-air"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "antaircraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "antiaircraft"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hakaōdayin",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "հակաօդային"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "procipavjétrany",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "проціпаве́траны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "supracʹpavjétrany",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "супрацьпаве́траны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zjenítny",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "зені́тны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zenítny",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "зэні́тны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "protivovǎzdúšen",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "противовъзду́шен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "antiaeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "protiletadlový"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "protiletecký"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "luftværns-"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "õhutõrje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "ilmatorjunta-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "anti-aérien"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "antiaéreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "Flugabwehr-"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antiaeroporikós",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "αντιαεροπορικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jahāzmār",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "जहाज़मार"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "antiaereo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "protivvozdušen",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "противвоздушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "przeciwlotniczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "antiaéreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "antiaerian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivovozdúšnyj",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "противовозду́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zenítnyj",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "зени́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "protilietadlový"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "protiletecký"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "protiletalski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "antiaéreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "luftvärns-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "uçaksavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "protypovítrjányj",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "протипові́тря́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zenítnyj",
      "sense": "intended to attack aircraft",
      "word": "зені́тний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anti-aircraft"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English indeclinable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms prefixed with anti-",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Artillery"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "anti",
        "3": "aircraft"
      },
      "expansion": "anti- + aircraft",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "anti- + aircraft.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "anti-aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anti-aircrafts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "anti-aircraft",
        "3": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "anti-aircraft (countable and uncountable, plural anti-aircraft or anti-aircrafts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1944 June 3, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970, page 839",
          "text": "I am blacking out—ease the stick forward slightly—the sky is clear again—I turn out over water—reverse turn—there are antiaircraft on the island below—I reverse again—and again.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anti-aircraft artillery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Anti-aircraft",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "artillery",
          "artillery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Anti-aircraft artillery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An anti-aircraft artillery organization."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "anti-aircraft",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "artillery",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) An anti-aircraft artillery organization."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anti-aircraft fire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Anti-aircraft",
          "#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "fire",
          "fire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) Anti-aircraft fire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "AA"
    },
    {
      "word": "double-A"
    },
    {
      "word": "AAA"
    },
    {
      "word": "triple-A"
    },
    {
      "word": "ack-ack"
    },
    {
      "word": "air defence"
    },
    {
      "word": "air defense"
    },
    {
      "word": "Archie"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "antaircraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "antiaircraft"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antiaeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāoshèpào",
      "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
      "word": "高射炮"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
      "word": "ilmatorjuntatuli"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jahāzmār top",
      "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "जहाज़मार तोप"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうしゃほう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōshahō",
      "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
      "word": "高射砲"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "artilerie antiaeriană"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "antiaéreo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "anti-aircraft artillery",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "luftvärn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anti-aircraft"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.