English Explanatory Dictionary

ekranoplan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a ground-effect vehicle

Pronunciation

En-us-ekranoplan.oga

Word forms

ekranoplan ekranoplans ekranoplane

Etymology

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”).

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