aquaplaning
English edit
Verb edit
aquaplaning
- present participle and gerund of aquaplane
Noun edit
aquaplaning (uncountable)
- (automotive, UK) The loss of contact with the road because of surface water. The act of aquaplaning.
- Synonym: (US, Canada) hydroplaning
- The act of aquaplaning.
Translations edit
loss of contact with the road
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English aquaplaning.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aquaplaning m (plural aquaplanings)
- aquaplaning
- Synonyms: aquaplanage m, hydroplanage m
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English aquaplaning.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aquaplaning m (plural aquaplanings)
- aquaplaning
- Synonyms: acuaplaneo, hidroplaneo
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading edit
- “aquaplaning”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014