Definitions for airshipˈɛərˌʃɪp
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
air•shipˈɛərˌʃɪp(n.)
a self-propelled, lighter-than-air craft with means of controlling the direction of flight; dirigible.
Category: Aeronautics
Origin of airship:
1810–20
air′-ship`(v.t.)-shipped, -ship•ping.
to send or ship via aircraft:
to air-ship machine parts.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of air-ship:
1950–1955
air′-ship`pa•ble(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
airship, dirigible(noun)
a steerable self-propelled aircraft
Wiktionary
airship(Noun)
A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.
airship(Noun)
Any aircraft.
On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.
Translations for airship
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
airship(noun)
an aircraft that is lighter than air and can be steered etc.
- lugskipAfrikaans
- مِنْطَاد ذو مُحَرِّكArabic
- дирижабълBulgarian
- dirigívelPortuguese (BR)
- vzducholoďCzech
- das LuftschiffGerman
- luftskibDanish
- αερόπλοιοGreek
- dirigibleSpanish
- õhulaevEstonian
- بالونFarsi
- ilmalaivaFinnish
- dirigeable; aéronefFrench
- סְפִינַת אֲוִיר ,סְפִינַת אֲווִירHebrew
- हवाई पोतHindi
- cepelinCroatian
- léghajóHungarian
- pesawat udara, zepelinIndonesian
- loftfar, loftskipIcelandic
- dirigibile; aeronaveItalian
- 飛行船Japanese
- 비행선Korean
- dirižablisLithuanian
- gaisa kuģis, dirižablisLatvian
- kapal udaraMalay
- zeppelinDutch
- luftskipNorwegian
- sterowiecPolish
- بالونPersian
- پوقاڼهPashto
- dirigívelPortuguese
- dirijabilRomanian
- дирижабльRussian
- vzducholoďSlovak
- zrakoplov, zračna ladjaSlovenian
- cepelinSerbian
- luftskeppSwedish
- เครื่องบินชนิดหนึ่งขับเครื่องด้วยตัวเองมีน้ำหนักเบากว่าอากาศThai
- hava gemisi, zeplinTurkish
- 飛船Chinese (Trad.)
- дирижабль; повітряний корабельUkrainian
- بہت بڑا غبارہ جس میں آدمی بیٹھ سکیں اور اسے کنٹرول کیا جا سکےUrdu
- khí cầuVietnamese
- 飛艇Chinese (Simp.)
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