🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

aeronave não tripulada

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aeronave não tripulada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unmanned Aircraft/ʌnˈmænd ˈɛr.kræft/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O exército tem confiado cada vez mais em aeronaves não tripuladas para missões de vigilância."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An aircraft that operates without a human pilot on board.

    "The military has increasingly relied on unmanned aircraft for surveillance missions."
  2. 2

    A type of drone used for various purposes, including commercial and recreational activities.

    "Unmanned aircraft are often used in agriculture to monitor crop health."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'unmanned' combines the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' with 'manned', derived from 'man', which has Old English roots. 'Aircraft' comes from the combination of 'air' and 'craft', with 'craft' tracing back to Old English 'craeft', meaning 'skill' or 'power'. The term has evolved to refer to vehicles capable of flight without a human pilot onboard.

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🇫🇷French → English

avion sans pilote

Transliteration: avion sans pilote

"L'armée utilise de plus en plus des avions sans pilote pour des missions de surveillance."

🇩🇪German → English

unbemanntes Flugzeug

Transliteration: unbemanntes Flugzeug

"Die Militärs setzen zunehmend unbemannte Flugzeuge für Überwachungsmissionen ein."

🇮🇹Italian → English

aereo senza pilota

Transliteration: aereo senza pilota

"L'esercito fa sempre più affidamento sugli aerei senza pilota per le missioni di sorveglianza."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

avión no tripulado

Transliteration: avión no tripulado

"El ejército depende cada vez más de los aviones no tripulados para misiones de vigilancia."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

aeronave não tripulada

Transliteration: aeronave não tripulada

"O exército tem confiado cada vez mais em aeronaves não tripuladas para missões de vigilância."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

बिना पायलट वाला विमान

Transliteration: bina paaylat wala vimaan

"सेना निगरानी मिशनों के लिए बिना पायलट वाले विमानों पर अधिक निर्भर हो गई है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

无人机

Transliteration: wú rén jī

"军方越来越依赖无人机进行监视任务。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

무인 항공기

Transliteration: muin hangonggi

"군대는 감시 임무를 위해 무인 항공기에 점점 더 의존하고 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

無人航空機

Transliteration: mujin kōkūki

"軍は監視任務のために無人航空機にますます依存しています。"

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