"contrail" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-contrail.ogg [US] Forms: contrails [plural]
Etymology: Blend of condensation + trail. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|condensation|trail}} Blend of condensation + trail Head templates: {{en-noun}} contrail (plural contrails)
  1. An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air. Categories (topical): Clouds Synonyms: condensation trail, vapour trail [UK], vapor trail [US] Derived forms: chemtrail Translations (artificial cloud from jet aircraft): ᎤᏔᏃᎸᏔᏅ (utanolvtanv) (Cherokee), tiivistymisjuova (Finnish), tiivistymisvana (Finnish), jättövana (Finnish), traînée de condensation [feminine] (French), traînée de vapeur [feminine] (French), traînée blanche [feminine] (French), Kondensstreifen [masculine] (German), kondenzcsík (Hungarian), flugslóði [masculine] (Icelandic), flugvélarslóði [masculine] (Icelandic), scia di condensazione [feminine] (Italian), 飛行機雲 (hikōkigumo) (alt: ひこうきぐも) (Japanese), jejak wap (Malay), kontrail (Malay), smuga kondensacyjna (Polish), конденсационный след (english: kondensacionnyj sled) (Russian), estela [feminine] (Spanish), kondensationsstrimma [common-gender] (Swedish), k-strimma [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "ᎤᏔᏃᎸᏔᏅ"
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      "word": "tiivistymisjuova"
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      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
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      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "traînée de condensation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traînée de vapeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traînée blanche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kondensstreifen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "word": "kondenzcsík"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flugslóði"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flugvélarslóði"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scia di condensazione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひこうきぐも",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikōkigumo",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "word": "飛行機雲"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "word": "jejak wap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "word": "kontrail"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "word": "smuga kondensacyjna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "kondensacionnyj sled",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "word": "конденсационный след"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kondensationsstrimma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "artificial cloud from jet aircraft",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "k-strimma"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contrail"
}

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