aeroplane en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛː.ɹoʊ̯.plɛɪ̯n/ (Multicultural-London-English)
- /ˈeː.ɹə.plæɪ̯n/ (Australia)
- /ˈɛɹ.ə.pleɪ̯n/ (US)
- /ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈe.ɹə.plæɪ̯n/ (Australia)
- [ˈɛː.ɹow.plejn] (Multicultural-London-English)
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- /ˈeɪ.əɹ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɛː.ɹə.plɛjn/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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- [ˈɛː.ɹow.pleːn] (Multicultural-London-English)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplane Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”), equivalent to aero- + plane. First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false
Meanings
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(Commonwealth) Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
Piccard and Borschberg initially considered a zeppelin-like solar-powered airship but realised it would be just as difficult to make as an aeroplane and would be less quick through the air.
2013 September 6, Tom Cheshire, “Solar-powered travel”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2023, page 34:Schicklgruber's aeroplanes we smash right to the ground.
1944 May 20, Russian Rhapsody, spoken by the gremlins from the Kremlin:
- (Commonwealth) Synonym of airplane. A game played when spoon-feeding children.
- (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| airplane | Canada, Philippines, US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| aeroplanes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| aëroplane | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| æroplane | alternative, dated, hypercorrect, nonstandard | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chairoplane · paper aeroplane · aeroplaner · hydroaeroplane · aeroplane mode · here comes the aeroplane · aeroplanist · plane
Descendants
Relateds
aero (airplane) · plane · hydroplane (airfoil) · aerodrome · aerospace (airplane) · aeronautics (airfoil) · aero-