rotorcraft

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noun

Any aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors (usually either a helicopter or an aerial drone with rotors).

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Meanings

nounrotorcraft (plural rotorcrafts or rotorcraft)

plural rotorcrafts

  1. Any aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors (usually either a helicopter or an aerial drone with rotors).

Origin

From rotor + craft.

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Translations

Bulgarian хеликоптер
  • хеликоптер (helikopter)aircraft that obtains its lift from rotors
Catalan girodina, aeronau d'ala giratòria
  • girodinaaircraft that obtains its lift from rotors
  • aeronau d'ala giratòriaaircraft that obtains its lift from rotors
Finnish roottorikone
  • roottorikoneaircraft that obtains its lift from rotors
Italian aerogiro
  • aerogiroaircraft that obtains its lift from rotors
Polish wiropłat
  • wiropłataircraft that obtains its lift from rotors
Turkish döner kanatlı hava aracı
  • döner kanatlı hava aracıaircraft that obtains its lift from rotors
Cite this entry
APA

rotorcraft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotorcraft

MLA

“rotorcraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotorcraft. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rotorcraft,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rotorcraft.

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