Meanings
nounmodel aircraft (plural model aircraft)
- An aircraft made to a smaller scale, either as a static (non-flying) model, or built to fly with the aid of an engine or electric motor, and controlled by radio from the ground. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Translations
Bulgarian авиомоде́л
- авиомоде́л (aviomodél)aircraft made to a smaller scale
Chinese Mandarin 飛機模型 /飞机模型
- 飛機模型 /飞机模型 (fēijī móxíng)aircraft made to a smaller scale
Danish modelfly
- modelflyaircraft made to a smaller scale
Finnish pienoismalli, lentokoneen pienoismalli
- pienoismalliaircraft made to a smaller scale
- lentokoneen pienoismalliaircraft made to a smaller scale
- lennokkiaircraft made to a smaller scale
French aéromodèle
- aéromodèleaircraft made to a smaller scale
German Modellflugzeug
- Modellflugzeugaircraft made to a smaller scale
Hungarian repülőmodell, modellrepülő
- repülőmodellaircraft made to a smaller scale
- modellrepülőaircraft made to a smaller scale
Italian aeromodello
- aeromodelloaircraft made to a smaller scale
Norwegian Bokmål modellfly
- modellflyaircraft made to a smaller scale
Portuguese aeromodelo
- aeromodeloaircraft made to a smaller scale
Russian авиамоде́ль
- авиамоде́ль (aviamodɛ́lʹ)aircraft made to a smaller scale
Spanish aeromodelo
- aeromodeloaircraft made to a smaller scale
Swedish modellflyg, modellflygplan
- modellflygaircraft made to a smaller scale
- modellflygplanaircraft made to a smaller scale
- modellplanaircraft made to a smaller scale
Ukrainian авіамоде́ль
- авіамоде́ль (aviamodélʹ)aircraft made to a smaller scale
Cite this entry
APA
model aircraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/model%20aircraft
MLA
“model aircraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/model%20aircraft. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “model aircraft,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/model%20aircraft.
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