anti-aircraft
adjective, noun
anti-aircraft is an adjective meaning “Intended to attack aircraft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-T-I-A-I-R-C-R-A-F-T.
What does anti-aircraft mean?
adjective
- 1
Intended to attack aircraft.
noun
- 1
Anti-aircraft artillery.
- 2
An anti-aircraft artillery organization.
- 3
Anti-aircraft fire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anti-aircraft?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-anti-aircraft.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anti-aircraft
- antaircraft
- antiaircraft
- anti-aircrafts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with anti-aircraft
Also written: antiaircraft (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Anti-aircraft in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense intended to attack aircraft:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anti-aérien |
| German | Flugabwehr- |
| Portuguese | antiaéreo |
| Spanish | antiaéreo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anti-aircraft come from?
From anti- + aircraft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).