waterbomber

See also: water bomber

English

Alternative forms

• water-bomber, water bomber

Etymology

waterbomb +‎ -er

Noun

waterbomber (plural waterbombers)

1. (firefighting, aviation) An aircraft that engages in waterbombing, usually in the course of fighting a wildfire.
   • 2009 February 28, Anthony Dowsley, Jane Metlikovec, “Relief for Victorians as weather fails to hit extremes”, in Herald Sun‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 February 2009:

     Some 50 firefighters, 10 tankers and waterbombers battled the grass and scrub blaze, which began about 12.30pm.

Coordinate terms

• airtanker / AT

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: blusvliegtuig (nl) n
• Finnish: sammutuslentokone, sammutuskone
• French: canadair (fr) m, bombardier à eau m, avion-citerne
• German: Löschflugzeug (de) n, Wasserbomber (de) m
• Greek: καναντέρ (el) (kanantér)
• Italian: canadair
• Macedonian: канаде́р m (kanadér)
• Polish: samolot pożarniczy m
• Russian: пожа́рный самолёт m (požárnyj samoljót)
• Serbo-Croatian: kanader (sh), канадер
• Spanish: avión apagafuegos m