aircrew B2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈɛrˌkruː/ See IPA manual Freq #120998 Meanings 1 noun The team of people who operate an aircraft during a flight. The aircrew ran to the bomber. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the team of people who... air crew Word family Forms aircrews Etymology AI details From air + crew. Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # aircrew **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɛrˌkruː/ **Frequency rank:** 120998 ## Meanings 1. The team of people who operate an aircraft during a flight. ## Examples - The aircrew ran to the bomber. ## Etymology From air + crew. ## AI Etymology Aircrew is from air plus crew. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, aircrew denotes the team of people who operate an aircraft during a flight. Typical contexts include “The aircrew ran to the bomber”. The meaning stays close to the form: it applies the etymological material to the team of people who operate an aircraft during a flight, keeping the visible parts legible in ordinary use. ## Topics - Transportation markdown