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shuttle

/ˈʃat.tel/noun · masculineC1
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Meaning

shuttle, space shuttle

  • a reusable spacecraft traveling between Earth and space
  • a vehicle that travels regularly back and forth over a short route

In a sentence

Prenderemo lo shuttle gratuito per andare dal terminal all'hotel.

We will take the free shuttle to go from the terminal to the hotel.

Lo shuttle spaziale è atterrato senza problemi dopo la missione.

The space shuttle landed without problems after the mission.

A che ora parte il prossimo shuttle per il centro?

What time does the next shuttle to downtown leave?

Word forms (3)
WordWord forms
shuttlemasculine · singular
shuttlemasculine · plural
shuttlemasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • Unadapted English loanword; masculine and invariable. Takes 'lo' in the singular and 'gli' in the plural.

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