Complete Definition of "airplane"

Image:Ryanair.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Boeing 737 airplane.
English

Etymology
From Greek �ή�, through Latin aero-, combining form for air + Greek �λάνη� planis, a wanderer

Alternative spellings
(UK): aeroplane

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-airplane.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. US A powered aircraft with fixed wings used for transportation of humans and goods; for amusement or entertainment; and in warfare. An aeroplane.
Translations
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Alabama: piɬɬawakáyka
Albanian: t+|sq|aeroplan|xs=Albanian
Aleut: igaxtax
Arabic: ARchar|طائرة (ṭ��ira) f
Armenian: �դանավ (�danav)
Bosnian: t-|bs|avion|m
Breton: karr-nij m kirri-nij p, nijerez f, nijerezioù p
Bulgarian: t-|bg|�амоле�|m|trsamolet|scCyrl
Croatian: avion m; zrakoplov m
Cherokee: �� ������ (ṣiyu ganohilidohi)
Chinese: ��, �� (f�ijī)
Czech: t+|cs|letadlo|n
Danish: flyvemaskine
Dutch: t+|nl|vliegtuig|n
Esperanto: aviadilo, flugma�ino
Estonian: lennuk
Finnish: t+|fi|lentokone
French: t+|fr|avion|m
Frisian: fleantúch n, fleanmasine
German: t+|de|Flugzeug|n
Greek: αε�ο�λάνο (aeropláno) n, αε�ο�κά�ο� (aeroskáfos) n
Guarani: kurusu veve
Hebrew: ���ס|�ָ��ֹס (mat'os) m; ���ר��|�ֲ�ִ�ר�ֹ� (�vir�n) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|repül�gép
Inari Sami: kirdemmaašin
Interlingua: avion, aeroplano
Italian: t+|it|aereo|m, t+|it|aeroplano|m
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Japanese: ��� (����, hik�ki), �空� (�����, k�kūki)
Korean: ��기 (bihaeng-gi)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|���ک�|trfRoka|scKUchar, t|ku|ت���ار��|trtayAra|scKUchar
Latin: aeroplanum
Lithuanian: l�ktuvas m, aeroplanas m (archaic)
Neapolitan: arioplàno, apparècchio
Northern Sami: girdi
Norwegian: t+|no|fly|n
Persian: FAchar|��اپ��ا|���اپ���ا (hav�peym�)
Polish: t+|pl|samolot|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|avião|m, t+|pt|aeroplano|m
Romanian: t-|ro|avion|n
Russian: t+|ru|�амол��|m|sc=Cyrl (samoljót), а��оплан (aeroplán) m
Serbian:

Skolt Sami: jarplan
Slovak: lietadlo n, (lietadlá p)
Slovene: letalo n, avion m
Spanish: t+|es|avión|m, t+|es|aeroplano|m
Swedish: flygplan (occas., flygmaskin)
Tamil விமானம� (vimAnam)
Telugu: విమానమ� (vimaanamu)
Thai: THchar|��รื�อ��ิ� (kʰrɨa�.bin)
Turkish: uçak, tayyare (obsolete)
Vietnam: máy bay (north), phi cơ (south)
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See also
aircraft
glider
helicopter
paper airplane

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