Meanings
nounekranoplan (plural ekranoplans)
plural ekranoplans · alternative ekranoplane
- aeronauticsa ground-effect vehicle
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Frenchplaner“to glide, to hover”
- Frenchécran
- Russianэкранопла́н
- Englishekranoplan
Borrowed from Russian экранопла́н (ekranoplán), itself derived from экра́н (ekrán, “screen”) as used in экранный эффе́кт (ekrannyj effékt, “ground effect”), from French écran, + the root of French planer (“to glide, to hover”).
More words from Russian, French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish maavaikutusalus
- maavaikutusalusground-effect vehicle
French ékranoplane
- ékranoplaneground-effect vehicle
German Ekranoplan
- Ekranoplanground-effect vehicle
Italian ekranoplano
- ekranoplanoground-effect vehicle
Polish ekranoplan, ekranolot
- ekranoplanground-effect vehicle
- ekranolotground-effect vehicle
Portuguese ecranoplano
- ecranoplanoground-effect vehicle
Russian экранопла́н
- экранопла́н (ekranoplán)ground-effect vehicle
Spanish ekranoplano
- ekranoplanoground-effect vehicle
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APA
ekranoplan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ekranoplan
MLA
“ekranoplan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ekranoplan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ekranoplan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ekranoplan.
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