"ultralight" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌltɹəˈlaɪt/ [US]
Etymology: From ultra- + light. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ultra|light}} ultra- + light Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ultralight (not comparable)
  1. Extremely light; weighing very little. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: ultra light rail Translations (extremely light in weight): ultralet (Danish), ultralett (Norwegian Bokmål), ultralett (Norwegian Nynorsk), ultraligero (Spanish), ultraliviano (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ultralight-en-adj-ZeOCwLyy Categories (other): English terms prefixed with ultra- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ultra-: 46 54

Noun

IPA: /ˌʌltɹəˈlaɪt/ [US] Forms: ultralights [plural]
Etymology: From ultra- + light. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|ultra|light}} ultra- + light Head templates: {{en-noun}} ultralight (plural ultralights)
  1. An aircraft that weighs very little. Categories (topical): Aircraft, Aviation Translations (aircraft that weighs very little): ultrakevyt lentokone (Finnish), ultra (Finnish), ultrakevyt (Finnish), UL-kone (Finnish), Ultraleichtflugzeug [neuter] (German), ultraligero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ultralight-en-noun-NgwYv~Hp Disambiguation of Aircraft: 7 93 Disambiguation of Aviation: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ultra-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ultra-: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77

Inflected forms

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