airlift

English

Etymology

air +‎ lift

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation)
- IPA^(key): /ˈɛə.lɪft/
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Noun

airlift (plural airlifts)

The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
Such a flight.
(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.

Translations

the transportation of troops

Chinese:
Mandarin: 空運 (zh), 空运 (zh) (kōngyùn)
Dutch: luchtbrug (nl) m, f
Faroese: loftbrúgv f
Finnish: ilmasilta (fi)
French: pont aérien (fr) m

German: Luftbrücke (de) f
Japanese: 空輸 (ja) (くうゆ, kūyu)
Polish: most powietrzny m
Russian: возду́шный мост (ru) m (vozdúšnyj most), возду́шные перево́зки f pl (vozdúšnyje perevózki)
Spanish: puente aéreo m
Swedish: luftbro c

a flight

Dutch: luchtbrug (nl) m, f
Finnish: ilmasilta (fi)
French: pont aérien (fr) m

German: Luftbrücke (de) f, Luftbrückenflug m
Russian: возду́шный мост (ru) m (vozdúšnyj most)
Swedish: luftbro c

a pipe

Russian: эрли́фт (ru) m (erlíft)

Verb

airlift (third-person singular simple present airlifts, present participle airlifting, simple past and past participle airlifted)

(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.

Translations

to transport in an airlift

Dutch: per luchtbrug vervoeren

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