aquaplaning
French, noun/a.kwa.pla.niŋ/
aquaplaning is a French masculine noun meaning “aquaplaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Perte d’adhérence souvent brutale des roues d’un véhicule sur une surface mouillée due à la formation d’une…”.
What does aquaplaning mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaquaplaning
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Perte d’adhérence souvent brutale des roues d’un véhicule sur une surface mouillée due à la formation d’une pellicule d’eau entre les pneus et cette surface.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aquaplaning
- aquaplanings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aquaplaning?
- /a.kwa.pla.niŋ/
- \a.kwa.pla.niŋ\
- [a.kwa.pla.niŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aquaplaning
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aquaplaning in French?
aquaplaning appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).