Airplane

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Short form 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Etymology

From air, from Latin aero-, combining form for air + plane, from Latin planum, flat

Noun

aeroplane (British) (plural aeroplanes)

airplane (US) (plural airplanes)

1. A powered aircraft with fixed wings used for transportation of humans and goods; for amusement or entertainment; and in warfare.

Short form

• plane

Translations

Arabic: طائرة (taa'era) Breton: karr-nij m kirri-nij pl, nijerez f -ioù pl Chinese: 飞机 Czech: letadlo n (letadla pl) Danish: flyvemaskine Dutch: vliegtuig n Estonian: lennuk Finnish: lentokone French: avion m Frisian: fleantúch n, fleanmasine German: Flugzeug n Guarani: kurusu veve Hebrew: מָטוֹס m אֲוִירוֹן m Hungarian: repülőgép (hu) Interlingua: avion, aeroplano

Italian: aereo m Japanese: 飛行機 (ひこうき, hikōki), 航空機 (こうくうき, kōkuuki) Latin: aeroplanum Lithuanian: lėktuvas m, aeroplanas m (archaic) Persian: هَواپَيما (hævāpeymā) Polish: samolot Portuguese: avião m, aeroplano m Russian: самолёт m, аэроплан m Slovak: lietadlo n (lietadlá pl) Spanish: avión m, aeroplano m Swedish: flygplan, flygmaskin (older) Turkish: uçağın

See also

• aircraft
• glider
• helicopter