aquaplaning
noun, verb
aquaplaning is a noun meaning “The loss of contact with the road because of surface water; the act of aquaplaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-Q-U-A-P-L-A-N-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of aquaplaning is aquaplanings.
What does aquaplaning mean?
noun
- 1
UKThe loss of contact with the road because of surface water; the act of aquaplaning.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of aquaplane
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of aquaplaning
- aquaplanings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aquaplaning?
Aquaplaning appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Aquaplaning in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense loss of contact with the road:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | aquaplaning, aquaplanage, hydroplanage |
| German | Aquaplaning, Wasserglätte |
| Portuguese | aquaplanagem, hidroplanagem, aquaplaning |
| Spanish | aquaplaning, hidroplaneo, acuaplaneo |
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.