"seaplane" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-seaplane.wav [Southern-England] Forms: seaplanes [plural]
Etymology: sea + plane Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sea|plane}} sea + plane Head templates: {{en-noun}} seaplane (plural seaplanes)
  1. (aircraft, nautical) Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water. Wikipedia link: seaplane Categories (topical): Aircraft, Nautical Synonyms: hydroplane Hyponyms: floatplane, float plane, flying boat Derived forms: seaplane carrier, seaplane tender Translations (an aircraft): vliegboot (Afrikaans), ur-hegazkin (Basque), хидроплан (hidroplan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hidroavió [masculine] (Catalan), 水上飛機 (Chinese Mandarin), 水上飞机 (shuǐshàng fēijī) (Chinese Mandarin), hydroplán [masculine] (Czech), vandfly [neuter] (Danish), watervliegtuig [neuter] (Dutch), hidroplano (Esperanto), vesilennuk (Estonian), sjóflogfar [neuter] (Faroese), vesitaso (Finnish), vesilentokone (Finnish), hydravion [masculine] (French), hidroavión [masculine] (Galician), Wasserflugzeug [neuter] (German), υδροπλάνο (ydropláno) [neuter] (Greek), hidroplán (Hungarian), sjóflugvél [feminine] (Icelandic), idrovolante [masculine] (Italian), 水上機 (suijōki) (alt: すいじょうき) (Japanese), хидроавио́н (hidroavión) [masculine] (Macedonian), sjøfly [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjøfly [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wodnosamolot [masculine] (Polish), hydroplan [masculine] (Polish), hidroavião [masculine] (Portuguese), hidroavion [neuter] (Romanian), гидросамолёт (gidrosamoljót) [masculine] (Russian), гидропла́н (gidroplán) [masculine] (Russian), hidroplan [masculine] (Slovene), hidroavión [masculine] (Spanish), sjöflygplan [neuter] (Swedish), thủy phi cơ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-seaplane-en-noun-xue0QN7B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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