aircraft
pronunciation
How to pronounce aircraft in British English:
UK [ˈeəkrɑːft]
How to pronounce aircraft in American English:
US [ˈerkræft]
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- Noun:
- a vehicle that can fly
Word Origin
- aircraft (n.)
- 1851, originally in reference to airships and balloons, from air (n.1) + craft (n.); a term from boating, as were many early aviation words. Of airplanes from 1907 and since 1930s exclusively of them. Aircraft carrier is attested from 1919 (H.M.S. Hermes, launched September 1919, was the first ship to be built from the hull up as an aircraft carrier).
Example
- 1. Every system in the aircraft was affected .
- 2. All 225 people aboard the aircraft are believed dead .
- 3. Some nations have deployed ships or aircraft to disputed waters .
- 4. The movie shows chaplin bringing down a german zeppelin aircraft .
- 5. Solar-powered aircraft have flown before .