Meanings
nounaircraft carrier (plural aircraft carriers)
plural aircraft carriers
- A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans vliegdekskip
- vliegdekskipwarship for launching aircraft
Arabic حَمَلَةُ طَائِرَات
- حَمَلَةُ طَائِرَات (ḥamalatu ṭāʔirāt)warship for launching aircraft
Basque hegazkin-ontzi
- hegazkin-ontziwarship for launching aircraft
Bengali যুদ্ধবিমান পরিবাহক
- যুদ্ধবিমান পরিবাহক (juddhobiman poribahok)warship for launching aircraft
Bulgarian самолетоноса́ч
- самолетоноса́ч (samoletonosáč)warship for launching aircraft
Catalan portaavions
- portaavionswarship for launching aircraft
Chinese Cantonese 航空母艦 /航空母舰
- 航空母艦 /航空母舰 (hong⁴ hung¹ mou⁵ laam⁶)warship for launching aircraft
Chinese Mandarin 航空母艦 /航空母舰, 航母
- 航空母艦 /航空母舰 (hángkōng mǔjiàn)warship for launching aircraft
- 航母 (hángmǔ)warship for launching aircraft
Czech letadlová loď
- letadlová loďwarship for launching aircraft
Danish hangarskib
- hangarskibwarship for launching aircraft
Dutch vliegdekschip
- vliegdekschipwarship for launching aircraft
Esperanto aviadila ŝipo, aviadilporta
- aviadila ŝipowarship for launching aircraft
- aviadilportawarship for launching aircraft
- aviporta ŝipowarship for launching aircraft
- aviadilŝipowarship for launching aircraft
Estonian lennukikandja
- lennukikandjawarship for launching aircraft
Finnish lentotukialus
- lentotukialuswarship for launching aircraft
French porte-avions
- porte-avionswarship for launching aircraft
German Flugzeugträger
- Flugzeugträgerwarship for launching aircraft
Greek αεροπλανοφόρο
- αεροπλανοφόρο (aeroplanofóro)warship for launching aircraft
Hebrew נוֹשֵׂאת מְטוֹסִים
- נוֹשֵׂאת מְטוֹסִים (noset metosim)warship for launching aircraft
Hindi विमान वाहक पोत
- विमान वाहक पोत (vimān vāhak pot)warship for launching aircraft
Hungarian repülőgép-hordozó, repülőgép-anyahajó
- repülőgép-hordozówarship for launching aircraft
- repülőgép-anyahajówarship for launching aircraft
Icelandic lugmóðurskip
- lugmóðurskipwarship for launching aircraft
Indonesian kapal induk
- kapal indukwarship for launching aircraft
Irish iompróir aerárthaí
- iompróir aerárthaíwarship for launching aircraft
Italian portaerei, portaeromobili
- portaereiwarship for launching aircraft
- portaeromobiliwarship for launching aircraft
Japanese 航空母艦, 空母
- 航空母艦 (kōkūbokan)warship for launching aircraft
- 空母 (kūbo)warship for launching aircraft
Korean 항공모함, 항모
- 항공모함 (hanggongmoham)warship for launching aircraft
- 항모 (hangmo)warship for launching aircraft
Latin navis aëroplanigera
- navis aëroplanigerawarship for launching aircraft
Latvian aviācijas bāzeskuģis
- aviācijas bāzeskuģiswarship for launching aircraft
Lithuanian lėktuvnešis
- lėktuvnešiswarship for launching aircraft
Malay kapal pengangkut pesawat, kapal induk pesawat udara
- kapal pengangkut pesawatwarship for launching aircraft
- kapal induk pesawat udarawarship for launching aircraft
Norwegian Bokmål hangarskip
- hangarskipwarship for launching aircraft
Polish lotniskowiec, awiomatka
- lotniskowiecwarship for launching aircraft
- awiomatkawarship for launching aircraft
Portuguese porta-aviões
- porta-aviõeswarship for launching aircraft
Romanian portavion
- portavionwarship for launching aircraft
Russian авиано́сец, авиама́тка
- авиано́сец (avianósec)warship for launching aircraft
- авиама́тка (aviamátka)warship for launching aircraft
- ТАКР (TAKR)warship for launching aircraft
- ТАВКР (TAVKR)warship for launching aircraft
Slovak lietadlová loď
- lietadlová loďwarship for launching aircraft
Spanish portaaviones
- portaavioneswarship for launching aircraft
Swedish hangarfartyg
- hangarfartygwarship for launching aircraft
Tamil வானூர்தி தாங்கிக் கப்பல்
- வானூர்தி தாங்கிக் கப்பல் (vāṉūrti tāṅkik kappal)warship for launching aircraft
Thai เรือบรรทุกเครื่องบิน, เรือบรรทุกอากาศยาน
- เรือบรรทุกเครื่องบิน (rʉʉa-ban-túk-krʉ̂ʉang-bin)warship for launching aircraft
- เรือบรรทุกอากาศยาน (rʉʉa-ban-túk-aa-gàat-sà-yaan)warship for launching aircraft
Turkish uçak gemisi
- uçak gemisiwarship for launching aircraft
Ukrainian авіано́сець
- авіано́сець (avianósecʹ)warship for launching aircraft
Vietnamese tàu sân bay, hàng không mẫu hạm
- tàu sân baywarship for launching aircraft
- hàng không mẫu hạmwarship for launching aircraft
Cite this entry
APA
aircraft carrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aircraft%20carrier
MLA
“aircraft carrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aircraft%20carrier. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aircraft carrier,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aircraft%20carrier.
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