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ekranoplan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ekra-noplan
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a ground-effect vehicle

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

ekranoplans (plural) ekranoplane (alternative)

Questions

What does ekranoplan mean?
a ground-effect vehicle
Where does ekranoplan come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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