airborne en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In or carried by the air.
Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2018, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
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(not-comparable) In flight.
There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.
1984, Steve Harris, “Aces High”, in Powerslave, performed by Iron Maiden:
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(not-comparable) Fitted to an aircraft.
airborne radar
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(not-comparable) Transported by air in an aircraft.
airborne troops
Deriveds
Translations (30)
id lintas udara (carried by the air) · it aviotrasportato (carried by the air) · uk що знаходиться у повітрі (in flight) · pt transportado pelo ar (carried by the air) · pl w trakcie lotu (in flight) · ga aerbheirthe (carried by the air) · fi ilmaan (in flight) · fi ilma- (carried by the air) · ar في الجو (in flight) · el αερογενής (carried by the air) · he מוּטָס (carried by the air) · fr aéroporté (carried by the air) · fr en vol (in flight) · es aerotransportado (carried by the air) · pt em voo (in flight) · fr transporté par l'air (carried by the air) · ca transportat per l'aire (carried by the air) · el αερομεταφερόμενος (carried by the air) · tr havadaki (carried by the air) · bg летящ (in flight) · bg въздушнопреносим (carried by the air) · es volando (in flight) · es transportado por el aire (carried by the air) · fi ilmassa leijuva (carried by the air) · pt voante (in flight) · fi ilmassa (in flight) · it in volo (in flight) · it trasportato dall'aria (carried by the air) · de über die Luft transportiert (carried by the air) · pt aerotransportado (carried by the air)