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nounA military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.
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Afrikaans vegvliegtuig
- vegvliegtuigmilitary aircraft
Arabic طَائِرَة مُقَاتِلَة
- طَائِرَة مُقَاتِلَةmilitary aircraft
Bengali যুদ্ধ বিমান
- যুদ্ধ বিমান (juddho biman)military aircraft
Bulgarian изтреби́тел
- изтреби́тел (iztrebítel)military aircraft
Chinese Cantonese 戰鬥機 /战斗机
- 戰鬥機 /战斗机 (zin³ dau³ gei¹)military aircraft
Chinese Mandarin 戰鬥機 /战斗机
- 戰鬥機 /战斗机 (zhàndòujī)military aircraft
Czech stíhací letoun, stíhačka
- stíhací letounmilitary aircraft
- stíhačkamilitary aircraft
Danish jagerfly
- jagerflymilitary aircraft
Dutch jachtvliegtuig, gevechtsvliegtuig
- jachtvliegtuigmilitary aircraft
- gevechtsvliegtuigmilitary aircraft
- jagermilitary aircraft
Esperanto ĉasaviadilo
- ĉasaviadilomilitary aircraft
Estonian hävituslennuk, hävitaja
- hävituslennukmilitary aircraft
- hävitajamilitary aircraft
Finnish hävittäjä, hävittäjäkone
- hävittäjämilitary aircraft
- hävittäjäkonemilitary aircraft
French avion de chasse
- avion de chassemilitary aircraft
German Jagdflugzeug, Kampfflugzeug
- Jagdflugzeugmilitary aircraft
- Kampfflugzeugmilitary aircraft
- Jägermilitary aircraft
Greek μαχητικό αεροσκάφος
- μαχητικό αεροσκάφος (machitikó aeroskáfos)military aircraft
Hebrew מְטוֹס קְרָב
- מְטוֹס קְרָב (metós krav)military aircraft
Hindi लड़ाकू विमान
- लड़ाकू विमान (laṛākū vimān)military aircraft
Hungarian vadászrepülőgép
- vadászrepülőgépmilitary aircraft
Icelandic orrustuflugvél
- orrustuflugvélmilitary aircraft
Indonesian pesawat tempur
- pesawat tempurmilitary aircraft
Italian aereo da caccia
- aereo da cacciamilitary aircraft
Japanese 戦闘機
- 戦闘機 (sentōki)military aircraft
Korean 전투기
- 전투기 (jeontugi)military aircraft
Latin aeroplanum insectatorium
- aeroplanum insectatoriummilitary aircraft
Latvian iznīcinātājs
- iznīcinātājsmilitary aircraft
Lithuanian naikintuvas
- naikintuvasmilitary aircraft
Malay pesawat pejuang
- pesawat pejuangmilitary aircraft
Norwegian Bokmål jagerfly, kampfly
- jagerflymilitary aircraft
- kampflymilitary aircraft
Polish samolot myśliwski, myśliwiec
- samolot myśliwskimilitary aircraft
- myśliwiecmilitary aircraft
Portuguese caça
- caçamilitary aircraft
Romanian avion de vânătoare
- avion de vânătoaremilitary aircraft
Russian истреби́тель
- истреби́тель (istrebítelʹ)military aircraft
Slovak stíhacie lietadlo
- stíhacie lietadlomilitary aircraft
Spanish caza, avión de caza
- cazamilitary aircraft
- avión de cazamilitary aircraft
Swahili ndege ya kivita
- ndege ya kivitamilitary aircraft
Swedish jaktflygplan, jaktplan
- jaktflygplanmilitary aircraft
- jaktplanmilitary aircraft
Thai เครื่องบินขับไล่, เครื่องบินรบ
- เครื่องบินขับไล่ (krʉ̂ʉang-bin-kàp-lâi)military aircraft
- เครื่องบินรบ (krʉ̂ʉang-bin-róp)military aircraft
Turkish avcı uçağı
- avcı uçağımilitary aircraft
Ukrainian вини́щувач
- вини́щувач (vynýščuvač)military aircraft
Urdu لَڑاکا طَیَّارَہ
- لَڑاکا طَیَّارَہ (laṛākā tayyāra)military aircraft
Vietnamese máy bay tiêm kích
- máy bay tiêm kíchmilitary aircraft
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APA
fighter plane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fighter%20plane
MLA
“fighter plane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fighter%20plane. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fighter plane,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fighter%20plane.
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