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Meaning of "float plane" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLOAT PLANE

float plane  [fləʊt pleɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLOAT PLANE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Float plane is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLOAT PLANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

float plane

Floatplane

A floatplane is a type of seaplane, with one or more slender pontoons mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, making the vehicle an amphibious aircraft.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLOAT PLANE


aeroplane
ˈɛərəˌpleɪn
airplane
ˈɛəˌpleɪn
aquaplane
ˈækwəˌpleɪn
biplane
ˈbaɪˌpleɪn
Champlain
ʃæmˈpleɪn
complain
kəmˈpleɪn
explain
ɪkˈspleɪn
gyroplane
ˈdʒaɪrəˌpleɪn
hydroplane
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌpleɪn
hyperplane
ˈhaɪpəˌpleɪn
lain
leɪn
Laine
leɪn
lane
leɪn
monoplane
ˈmɒnəʊˌpleɪn
plain
pleɪn
plane
pleɪn
sailplane
ˈseɪlˌpleɪn
seaplane
ˈsiːˌpleɪn
triplane
ˈtraɪˌpleɪn
warplane
ˈwɔːˌpleɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLOAT PLANE

float
float chamber
float glass
float off
float-feed
floatability
floatable
floatage
floatant
floatation
floatcut file
floatel
floater
floatier
floatiest
floating
floating assets
floating charge
floating currency
floating currency rate

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLOAT PLANE

astral plane
block plane
cargo plane
charter plane
deplane
fault plane
fighter plane
focal plane
freight plane
galactic plane
inclined plane
jack plane
jet plane
London plane
memory lane
model plane
multiplane
rocket plane
space plane
spy plane
tailplane

Synonyms and antonyms of float plane in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «float plane» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLOAT PLANE

Find out the translation of float plane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of float plane from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «float plane» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水上飞机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hidroavión
570 millions of speakers

English

float plane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाव विमान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطائرة تعويم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плавать плоскости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hidroavião
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাসা সমতল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hydravion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terapung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wasserflugzeug
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フロート水上機
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수상 비행기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngambang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổi máy bay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிதவை விமானம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लोट प्लेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüzme düzlemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aereo galleggiante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pływak samolot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плавати площині
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plan float
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υδροπλάνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dryf vliegtuig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

amfibieplan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flyte fly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of float plane

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOAT PLANE»

The term «float plane» is regularly used and occupies the 69.837 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLOAT PLANE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about float plane

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLOAT PLANE»

Discover the use of float plane in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to float plane and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia
... 297ff Alf, E7K1 float-plane, 181 Almirante Cochrane, 116 Almirante Latorre, 30ff Amagi, 207 Andrea Doria, 162ff, 172, 174 Anson, 137ff Anson, 1918, 121ff Arl96, float-plane, 66, 78, 87 Archerfish, SS31 1,216 Ardent, 78 Arizona, BB39, 259ff, ...
M. J. Whitley, 1998
2
The Guadalcanal Air War: Col. Jefferson DeBlanc's Story
He had spotted another Japanese float plane returning from antisub patrol, heading right for us, but a thousand feet below. The pilot saw us, and his rear gunner began to swing his machine gun in our direction. I pulled into a wingover and ...
DeBlanc, Jefferson J.
3
Pursuing Alaska's Untamed: A Personal Quest
At the frontier outpost of King Salmon perishable produce and building materials were transferred to a single-engine Cessna float plane waiting at the nearby Naknek River shoreline. Passenger luggage, supplies materials approached the  ...
Douglas C Myers, 2009
4
Contingent Valuation: A Critical Assessment
Note that the generalized cost between any two locations depends on whether the individual in question owns a float plane. The generalized cost for an origin— destination location pair serves as the implicit site price 354 Jerry A. Hausman, ...
J.A. Hausman, 1993
5
Streams Of Dreams: Best Of Bush Alaska
cargo weight limit for a small float plane. The deafening sound of a strenuous river lift-off was quickly forgotten while we circled the Naknek River at very low altitude. We could see below legions of migrating salmon darken the river's clear  ...
Douglas C. Myers, 2013
6
Watercraft of the Inside Passage, a Field Guide
CHAPTER 12 FLOAT PLANES In Southeast Alaska, during daylight hours, it is common to see or hear a float plane somewhere nearby (Figure 12-1). When a float plane is on the water it is considered a vessel and must conform to the same  ...
Jim Howard and Tom Jacobson
7
At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy:
Every time you opened fire on a barge you had a float plane on your neck in 2 minutes. It was a war of nerves. Night fighters seemed to be a solution and a plan was arranged to get a float plane. One of the section leaders volunteered to be the ...
Robert J. Bulkley, 2012
8
Boys' Life
BLM-5 A FLOAT PLANE By HOWARD G. McENTEE Just about the most thrilling and interesting part of model aviation comes from watching your plane take off and land on water! But the trouble is it's tough to produce a float plane that will give ...
9
Handbook on Japanese Military Forces
OS- Pete (float-plane) . Glen (float-plane) Jake (float-plane) Dinah Judy. Bans Mk . 3. Ida— . Sonla.. float biplane, designed to be carried by and launched from a submarine. Single-engine, single-float biplane. Staggered wings are tapered with  ...
10
In Good Company: A Tall Tale about Alaska's Colorful Past
“We need to be ready when the float plane arrives.” After the dishes were washed and put away, out came the cards again. “I expect the float plane will be here before noon,” said Floyd. “We'll wait until we get back to the Coast Guard station to ...
Bruce Bartling, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLOAT PLANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term float plane is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pilots push for weed killer to combat Lake Hood's plane-fouling plants
Todd Rust, owner of Rust's Flying Service, shows some of the weeds that are clogging the water along his float plane docks on Lake Hood on ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
2
Outdoors with Don Q: A boat tour and a nature walk at Juneau …
While we were waiting and talking, a float plane landed and taxied to a nearby pier, where a deck hand was waiting to moor the plane. «Carson Now, Jul 15»
3
Float plane crashes in Kawartha Lakes | CTV Barrie News
A 69-year-old man from Thornill suffered only minor injuries when his float plane crashed in Kawartha Lakes on Thursday. Emergency crews ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
4
Alaska boasts eight great national parks - PostBulletin.com: Travel
We flew from Anchorage to King Salmon on commercial, and then on another float plane to Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park. This is where ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
5
Video: New thrills in old Yangshuo
We've covered Machu Picchu, Red Square, the Yucatan, the Alamo, an Alaskan float plane and the reading room of the New York Public ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
6
69-year-old Thornhill pilot escapes unscathed after plane flips on …
The lone male occupant of a float plane that flipped on Sturgeon Lake near Ancona Point west of Bobcaygeon was pulled from the water by a ... «Peterborough Examiner, Jul 15»
7
Dave Bidini: Flying high over the world's first UNESCO site is worth …
My second morning in Fort Simpson, Ted parcelled myself and five other visitors into his single-propellered Beaver float plane, built in 1956. «National Post, Jul 15»
8
Rochester teens survive Boundary Waters scare
About 7:30 p.m., the State Patrol helicopter arrived to take the victims from the scene to a nearby area, where the forest service float plane was ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
9
Case closed on Oro-Medonte plane crash 0
The small float plane crash-landed, then flipped onto its roof, Sunday afternoon in a farmer's field just off Highway 12 near Warminster. «The Barrie Examiner, Jul 15»
10
Boy Scout party from Ohio rescued in BWCA after storm overwhelms …
The float plane on the scene couldn't get to the two because the waves were so high, and the state Department of Natural Resources “tried to ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Float plane [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/float-plane>. Apr 2024 ».
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