Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contrail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
con-trail
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.

verb

To produce an artificial cloud of this kind.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Blend of condensation + trail.

Usage

Inflected Forms

contrails (plural) contrails (present, singular) contrailing (participle, present) contrailed (participle, past) contrailed (past)

Derived Forms

chemtrail

Synonyms

condensation trail vapor trail jet stream cirrus aviaticus cirrus tractus

Antonyms

distrail

Questions

What does contrail mean?
An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.
Where does contrail come from?
Blend of condensation + trail.

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