Launchpad — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈɔːntʃpæd/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈɔːntʃpad/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈɔːntʃpad/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈɔːntʃpæd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

launch pad pad launch area launching pad

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

rampe de lancement

une plate-forme à partir de laquelle des fusées ou des engins spatiaux sont lancés

🇪🇸Spanish

plataforma de lanzamiento

una plataforma desde la cual se lanzan cohetes o naves espaciales

🇳🇱Dutch

lanceerplatform

een platform van waaruit raketten of ruimtevaartuigen worden gelanceerd

🇵🇹Portuguese

barra de lançamento

uma plataforma a partir da qual são lançados foguetes ou naves espaciais

🇷🇺Russian

стартовая площадка

платформа, с которой запускаются ракеты или космические корабли

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लांच पैड

एक मंच जहाँ से रॉकेट या अंतरिक्ष यान प्रक्षेपित किये जाते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

লঞ্চপ্যাড

একটি প্ল্যাটফর্ম যা থেকে রকেট বা মহাকাশযান উৎক্ষেপণ করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏவுதளம்

ராக்கெட்டுகள் அல்லது விண்கலங்கள் ஏவப்படும் ஒரு தளம்

🇮🇳Telugu

లాంచ్‌ప్యాడ్

రాకెట్లు లేదా అంతరిక్ష నౌకలను ప్రయోగించే వేదిక

🇮🇳Marathi

लॉन्चपॅड

एक व्यासपीठ ज्यावरून रॉकेट किंवा स्पेस क्राफ्ट प्रक्षेपित केले जातात

🇮🇳Gujarati

લોન્ચપેડ

એક પ્લેટફોર્મ કે જ્યાંથી રોકેટ અથવા સ્પેસ ક્રાફ્ટ લોન્ચ કરવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲಾಂಚ್ಪ್ಯಾಡ್

ರಾಕೆಟ್‌ಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಬಾಹ್ಯಾಕಾಶ ನೌಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಉಡಾವಣೆ ಮಾಡುವ ವೇದಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലോഞ്ച്പാഡ്

റോക്കറ്റുകളോ ബഹിരാകാശ പേടകങ്ങളോ വിക്ഷേപിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പ്ലാറ്റ്ഫോം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲਾਂਚਪੈਡ

ਇੱਕ ਪਲੇਟਫਾਰਮ ਜਿਸ ਤੋਂ ਰਾਕੇਟ ਜਾਂ ਸਪੇਸ ਕਰਾਫਟ ਲਾਂਚ ਕੀਤੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

لانچ پیڈ

ایک پلیٹ فارم جہاں سے راکٹ یا خلائی جہاز لانچ کیے جاتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

启动板

发射火箭或航天器的平台

🇯🇵Japanese

発射台

ロケットや宇宙船が打ち上げられるプラットフォーム

🇰🇷Korean

발사대

로켓이나 우주선이 발사되는 플랫폼

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bệ phóng

một nền tảng mà từ đó tên lửa hoặc tàu vũ trụ được phóng

🇹🇭Thai

แท่นยิงจรวด

แพลตฟอร์มที่ใช้ปล่อยจรวดหรือยานอวกาศ

🇮🇩Indonesian

landasan peluncuran

sebuah platform tempat roket atau pesawat luar angkasa diluncurkan

🇲🇾Malay

pad pelancaran

platform dari mana roket atau kapal angkasa dilancarkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

لوحة الإطلاق

منصة يتم إطلاق الصواريخ أو المركبات الفضائية منها

🇮🇷Persian

سکوی پرتاب

سکویی که از آن موشک یا فضاپیما پرتاب می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

fırlatma rampası

roketlerin veya uzay araçlarının fırlatıldığı bir platform

🇮🇱Hebrew

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