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aircraft carrier [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

aircraft carrier: an item in the "Water Transportation Equipment" class of the "Distribution and Transportation Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

porte-avions : objet de la classe «Équipement de transport maritime» de la catégorie «Objets de manutention et de transport».

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Ship's Aircraft (Military)
DEF

A warship equipped with a flight deck on which airplanes can be launched and landed and with a hangar deck for servicing airplanes.

OBS

aircraft carrier: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Aéronefs embarqués (Militaire)
DEF

Grand bâtiment de guerre doté d'installations (pont, hangars, etc.) permettant le transport, l'envol et l'atterrissage d'avions de combat, qui constituent son principal armement.

OBS

porte-aéronefs : pour hélicoptères, etc.

OBS

porte-avions : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

porte-avions; porte-aéronefs : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Aeronaves embarcadas (Militar)
DEF

Buque de guerra muy grande, provisto de hangares e instalaciones propias para transportar cierto número de aviones y mantenerlos en estado de vuelo, así como un puente grande y despejado que permite el despegue y el apontizaje de los aparatos.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "portaviones", escrito con una sola a, es la grafía recomendada frente a "portaaviones".

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