airstrip

English

Etymology

From air +‎ strip.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛə(ɹ)stɹɪp/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

airstrip (plural airstrips)

An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
The outfitter deposited us at a small airstrip out in the bush, promising to pick us up again in a week's time.

Translations

primitive aircraft landing field

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: landingsbane (da) c
Finnish: lentopaikka (fi); korpikenttä (fi) (informal)
French: piste d’atterrissage (fr) f
German: Landepiste (de) f
Indonesian: bandar udara perintis
Irish: aerstiall f
Italian: pista di atterraggio f
Latin: aeroportello
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flystripe m or f

Nynorsk: flystripe f
Polish: pas startowy (pl) m
Portuguese: pista de pouso f
Spanish: pista de aterrizaje f
Swedish: landningsbana (sv) c, flygplats (sv) c, flygfält (sv) n

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