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{{also|take-off|take off}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|take-off}}

===Etymology===
{{deverbal|en|take off}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-takeoff.wav|a=Southern England}}

===Noun===
{{wikipedia}}
{{en-noun|~}}

# The [[rising]] or [[ascent]] of an [[aircraft]] or [[rocket]] into [[flight]].
#: {{uxi|en|The flight was smooth, but the '''takeoff''' was a little rough.}}
#: {{cot|en|landing}}
# A [[parody]] or [[lampoon]] of someone or something.
#: {{ux|en|{{w|Weird Al Yankovic|Weird Al}}'s song "Lasagna" is a '''takeoff''' on the popular song "La Bamba".}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1897|author=Edward Bellamy|title=Equality|chapter=[[s:Equality (Bellamy)/Chapter 23|ch. 23]]
|passage=I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical '''take-off''' on the profit system.}}
# A [[quantification]], especially of [[building]] [[material]]s.
#: {{uxi|en|I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity '''takeoffs''' for the trusses and structural steel.}}
# {{lb|en|printing|UK|historical}} The [[removal]] of [[sheet]]s from the [[press]].
# The spot from which one [[take off|takes off]]; specifically, the place from which a [[jumper]] [[rise]]s in [[leap]]ing.
#* ''Encyclopaedia of Sport''
#*: The '''take-off''' should be selected with great care, and a pit of large dimensions provided on the landing side.

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|liftoff}}

====Hyponyms====
{{s|start of a flight}}
* {{l|en|rejected takeoff}}
* {{l|en|rolling takeoff}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|{{l|en|power take-off|power takeoff}}
|PTO
|TO
|T/O
|TOGA
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|start of flight}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|إِقْلَاع|m}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|вы́лет|m}}, {{t|be|узлёт|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изли́тане|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|enlairament|m}}, {{t+|ca|envol|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|起飛|tr=qǐfēi}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vzlet|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|afgang|c}}, {{t+|da|start|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|opstijgen|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lähtö}}, {{t+|fi|nousu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|décollage|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|engalaxe|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Abflug|m}}, {{t+|de|Start|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απογείωση|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|felszállás}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|flugtak|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|decollo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|離陸|tr=りりく, ririku}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|이륙(離陸)}}, {{t|ko|리륙(離陸)}} {{qualifier|North Korea}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|полет|m}}, {{t|mk|полетување|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|start|m}}, {{t+|pl|wzlot|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|decolagem|f}} {{q|Brazil}}, {{t+|pt|descolagem|f}} {{q|Portugal}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|decolare|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вы́лет|m}}, {{t+|ru|взлёт|m}} {{qualifier|liftoff}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|у́злет|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|úzlet|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vzlet|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vzlet|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|despegue|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kalkış}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|ви́літ|m}}, {{t|uk|зліт}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|parody}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|паро́дия|f}}, {{t+|bg|карикату́ра|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|irvailu}}, {{t+|fi|parodia}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|parodia|f}}, {{t+|gl|ludibrio|m}}, {{t|gl|mofa|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|паро́дия|f}}, {{t+|ru|подража́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|карикату́ра|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|parodia|f}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kalkış}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|take off}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aeffkot|offtake}}

{{cln|en|phrasal nouns}}
{{C|en|Comedy}}