airplane en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ (US)
- ârʹplān'
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)der. French aéroplanebor. English aeroplaneclip. English plane English airplane From air + plane as an alteration of aeroplane.
Meanings
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(Canada, Philippines, US) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.
jet airplane
on an airplane
RC airplane
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(Canada, Philippines, US, usually) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor. ▸ One that can carry a person or persons.
They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages.
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Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't powered.
toy airplane
paper airplane
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(Canada, Philippines, US) A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends that a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth; the spoonful itself.
Near-synonym: choo-choo train
Here comes the airplane! Open wide!
For instance, Jan has taken to playing airplane with the spoon to get Charley to attend to the spoon and want to take it into his mouth.
2013 May 13, Theo L. Dorpat, Michael L. Miller, Clinical Interaction and the Analysis of Meaning: A New Psychoanalytic Theory, Routledge, →ISBN:So, he'd take a spoon and he'd start playing airplane, circling the spoon around in the air until it was ready to land in the runway of my mouth.
1988, Matthew Linn, Sheila Fabricant, Dennis Linn, Healing the Eight Stages of Life, Paulist Press, →ISBN, page 66:Willis wondered what this fellow wanted to do, spoon feed him? Play airplane?
1997 03, Maria Flook, Open Water, Ecco Press, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| airplanes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| aeroplane | alternative | lexicographic | |
| aëroplane | alternative | lexicographic | |
| plane | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
motor vehicle · hovercraft · UAV · helicopter · glider · flying machine · aircraft · aircraft · hovercraft · aerocraft · spacecraft · watercraft · glider · flying machine · drone · aerocraft · spacecraft · motor vehicle · UAS · helicopter · vessel · UAV · UAS · watercraft · vessel · drone
Deriveds
airplane mode · airplane cloth · airplanelike · airplaneful · airplane ticket · hydro-airplane · here comes the airplane · airplane ears · rubber band airplane · paper airplane · airplanist
Descendants
Hypernyms
craft · vessel · vessel · aircraft · craft · aircraft · vehicle · vehicle
Synonyms
Translations (388)
yi עראָפּלאַן (powered aircraft) · hu repülőgép (powered aircraft) · rm eroplan (powered aircraft) · sw ndege (powered aircraft) · ce кема (powered aircraft) · vro aeroplaan (powered aircraft) · is flugvél (powered aircraft) · hi हवाई जहाज़ (powered aircraft) · pl aeroplan (powered aircraft) · cmn 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · sah самолет (powered aircraft) · hsb lětadło (powered aircraft) · tpi balus (powered aircraft) · mn нисгэл (powered aircraft) · sw eropleni (powered aircraft) · ug ئايروپىلان (powered aircraft) · am አይሮፕላን (powered aircraft) · za feihgih (powered aircraft) · tay hikoki' (powered aircraft) · chy ame'hahtȯtse (powered aircraft) · akz piɬɬawakáyka (powered aircraft) · tao sikoki (powered aircraft) · lkt kiŋyékhiyapi (powered aircraft) · mn онгоц (powered aircraft) · ay latajamach'iwa (powered aircraft) · so diyaarad (powered aircraft) · rsk авион (powered aircraft) · as উৰাজাহাজ (powered aircraft) · nah tepoztōtōtl (powered aircraft) · yue 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · fr aéroplane (powered aircraft) · pwn hikuki (powered aircraft) · he מָטוֹס (powered aircraft) · kw jynn ebron (powered aircraft) · sl avion (powered aircraft) · dwu ḏikarr (powered aircraft) · gcr aviyon (powered aircraft) · it apparecchio (powered aircraft) · tkl vakalele (powered aircraft) · sh авѝо̄н (powered aircraft) · he אווירון (powered aircraft) · ff 𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤢-𞤱𞤭𞥅𞤪𞤮𞥅𞤸𞤢 (powered aircraft) · cku piththawaika (powered aircraft) · tvl vakalele (powered aircraft) · ur ہَوا پَیْما (powered aircraft) · bcl eroplano (powered aircraft) · ne हवाईजहाज (powered aircraft) · rsk крилатица (powered aircraft) · sms jarplan (powered aircraft) · fo flogfar (powered aircraft) · th อากาศยาน (powered aircraft) · ba самолёт (powered aircraft) · ln mpepo (powered aircraft) · prs طَیَّارَه (powered aircraft) · he אֲוִירוֹן (powered aircraft) · tt самолёт (powered aircraft) · sv flygplan (powered aircraft) · tsu hikoki (powered aircraft) · gd itealan (powered aircraft) · sa विमान (powered aircraft) · oj bemisemagak (powered aircraft) · rm aviun (powered aircraft) · lo ເຮືອບິນ (powered aircraft) · kg ndèke (powered aircraft) · ka თვითმფრინავი (powered aircraft) · vi phi cơ (powered aircraft) · uz tayyora (powered aircraft) · kl timmisartoq (powered aircraft) · el αεροπλάνο (powered aircraft) · ar طَيَّارَة (powered aircraft) · szy babelbel (powered aircraft) · ckb تەیارە (powered aircraft) · zdj ropulani (powered aircraft) · mos sɩlga (powered aircraft) · ale igax̂tax̂ (powered aircraft) · ha jirgin sama (powered aircraft) · ota طیاره (powered aircraft) · cdo 飛船 /飞船 (powered aircraft) · vo leflitöm (powered aircraft) · fa-ira هَواپِیْما (powered aircraft) · cdo 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · de Maschine (powered aircraft) · ur وِمان (powered aircraft) · lv lidaparāts (powered aircraft) · ik tiŋŋun (powered aircraft) · sq avion (powered aircraft) · kk аэроплан (powered aircraft) · lbe самолет (powered aircraft) · uk літа́к (powered aircraft) · cs letoun (powered aircraft) · crl ᑳᐱᐹᒥᐦᔮᒥᑭᐦᒡ (powered aircraft) · vro linnuk (powered aircraft) · es avión (powered aircraft) · os хӕдтӕхӕг (powered aircraft) · de Flugzeug (powered aircraft) · ps طياره (powered aircraft) · sah көтөр-аал (powered aircraft) · mi waka rererangi (powered aircraft) · sh зра̏копло̄в (powered aircraft) · kn ಏರೋಪ್ಲೇನ್ (powered aircraft) · af vliegtuig (powered aircraft) · nap arioplàno (powered aircraft) · mn ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ (powered aircraft) · ti ነፋሪት (powered aircraft) · sh zrȁkoplōv (powered aircraft) · el αεροσκάφος (powered aircraft) · ff 𞤢𞤱𞤭𞤴𞤮𞤲 (powered aircraft) · ur ہَوائی جَہاز (powered aircraft) · qu lata pisqu (powered aircraft) · nb fly (powered aircraft) · tg тайёра (powered aircraft) · bg самоле́т (powered aircraft) · bol jirginsama (powered aircraft) · lo ຍົນ (powered aircraft) · sxr saliamiapihlihli (powered aircraft) · yi אַעראָפּלאַן (powered aircraft) · io aeroplano (powered aircraft) · sah сөмөлүөт (powered aircraft) · hak 飛行機 /飞行机 (powered aircraft) · ny ndege (powered aircraft) · ml വിമാനം (powered aircraft) · kmr balafir (powered aircraft) · ga eitleán (powered aircraft) · te విమానము (powered aircraft) · ky аэроплан (powered aircraft) · eo aviadilo (powered aircraft) · shn လေႇယိၼ်ႇပျၢၼ်ႇ (powered aircraft) · th เรือบิน (powered aircraft) · mn ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ (powered aircraft) · trv asu (powered aircraft) · tk uçar (powered aircraft) · crh uçaq (powered aircraft) · sn ndege (powered aircraft) · qu maraq (powered aircraft) · yo ọkọ̀ òfuurufú (powered aircraft) · pl samolot (powered aircraft) · kk ұшақ (powered aircraft) · ce хӏаваан кема (powered aircraft) · aii ܛܲܝܵܣܬܵܐ (powered aircraft) · eo avio (powered aircraft) · ovd flygplan (powered aircraft) · ta வானவூர்தி (powered aircraft) · ko 비행기 (powered aircraft) · chr ᏥᏳ ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ (powered aircraft) · ff arapulel (powered aircraft) · ja 航空機 (powered aircraft) · it aeroplano (powered aircraft) · tr uçak (powered aircraft) · as এৰ’প্লে’ন (powered aircraft) · ca avió (powered aircraft) · pdt Loftschepp (powered aircraft) · or ବିମାନ (powered aircraft) · it aereo (powered aircraft) · mr विमान (powered aircraft) · or ଉଡ଼ାଜାହାଜ (powered aircraft) · sl letalo (powered aircraft) · izh aeroplana (powered aircraft) · bn উড়োজাহাজ (powered aircraft) · rcf laviyon (powered aircraft) · oc avion (powered aircraft) · srn flikmasyin (powered aircraft) · ro avion (powered aircraft) · lt aeroplanas (powered aircraft) · iu ᑎᖕᒥᓲᖅ (powered aircraft) · ne प्लेन (powered aircraft) · ovd flygmasin (powered aircraft) · sq balonë (powered aircraft) · ovd fliuogmasin (powered aircraft) · lo ເຄື່ອງບິນ (powered aircraft) · km សកុណាយន្ត (powered aircraft) · lo ອາກາດຍານ (powered aircraft) · hak 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · dru ngiapapalay (powered aircraft) · mww dav hlau (powered aircraft) · da fly (powered aircraft) · ks پلین (powered aircraft) · mhr кÿртньыгайык (powered aircraft) · it aeromobile (powered aircraft) · ckt риӈэнэӈ (powered aircraft) · kmr teyare (powered aircraft) · pt avião (powered aircraft) · be аэрапла́н (powered aircraft) · vo flitömil (powered aircraft) · my လေယာဉ်ပျံ (powered aircraft) · mi manurere (powered aircraft) · pa ਹਵਾਈ-ਜਹਾਜ਼ (powered aircraft) · mos nasaar-sɩlga (powered aircraft) · sm vaʻalele (powered aircraft) · br nijerez (powered aircraft) · mi aropereina (powered aircraft) · sc aeroplanu (powered aircraft) · yij barbarrnyungu (powered aircraft) · ru самолёт (powered aircraft) · haw mokuea (powered aircraft) · sk lietadlo (powered aircraft) · fr avion (powered aircraft) · cmn 飛行機 /飞行机 (powered aircraft) · mt ajruplan (powered aircraft) · nn fly (powered aircraft) · ky самолёт (powered aircraft) · dsb lětadło (powered aircraft) · lbe айрипӏалан (powered aircraft) · tt очкыч (powered aircraft) · kn ಗಾಳಿತೇರು (powered aircraft) · ps هوايي جهاز (powered aircraft) · ar طَائِرَة (powered aircraft) · si ගුවන්යානය (powered aircraft) · km កប៉ាល់ហោះ (powered aircraft) · ta விமானம் (powered aircraft) · ff awiyon (powered aircraft) · alt самолёт (powered aircraft) · ia avion (powered aircraft) · yoi 飛行機 (powered aircraft) · war edro (powered aircraft) · om xiyyaara (powered aircraft) · eu hegazkin (powered aircraft) · kn ವಿಮಾನ (powered aircraft) · kk самолет (powered aircraft) · qu antanka (powered aircraft) · id pesawat (powered aircraft) · hsn 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · yo bààlúù (powered aircraft) · ff 𞤢𞤪𞤢𞤨𞤵𞤤𞤫𞤤 (powered aircraft) · kn ಏರೋಪ್ಲೇನು (powered aircraft) · la aeroplanum (powered aircraft) · ab аероплан (powered aircraft) · pt aeroplano (powered aircraft) · ru аэропла́н (powered aircraft) · es aeroplano (powered aircraft) · tk samolýot (powered aircraft) · nan-hbl 飛行機 /飞行机 (powered aircraft) · id pesawat terbang (powered aircraft) · arz طيارة (powered aircraft) · mwl abion (powered aircraft) · et lennuk (powered aircraft) · crs avyon (powered aircraft) · sa वायु-यान (powered aircraft) · uz uchoq (powered aircraft) · sh avìōn (powered aircraft) · tg аэроплан (powered aircraft) · gv etlan (powered aircraft) · cy awyren (powered aircraft) · ur طَیّارَہ (powered aircraft) · nan-hbl 飛船 /飞船 (powered aircraft) · fy fleantúch (powered aircraft) · zdj roplani (powered aircraft) · izh samoljotta (powered aircraft) · yog eroplano (powered aircraft) · wls vakalele (powered aircraft) · crj ᑳᐱᒥᐦᔮᒪᑲᐦᒡ (powered aircraft) · mnc ᡩᡝᠶᡝᡨᡠᠨ (powered aircraft) · gur alupele (powered aircraft) · xsy kamahayap (powered aircraft) · mn ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠡᠯ (powered aircraft) · gl aeroplano (powered aircraft) · da maskine (powered aircraft) · lt lėktuvas (powered aircraft) · fy fleanmasine (powered aircraft) · ceb eroplano (powered aircraft) · bm sannakurun (powered aircraft) · yoi 飛行機 (powered aircraft) · lus thlawhtheihna (powered aircraft) · ro aeroplan (powered aircraft) · bg аеропла́н (powered aircraft) · shn ႁိူဝ်းမိၼ် (powered aircraft) · tr tayyare (powered aircraft) · ses beenehii (powered aircraft) · iu ᖃᖓᑕᓲᖅ (powered aircraft) · vo flitöm (powered aircraft) · ky учак (powered aircraft) · pyu hikuki (powered aircraft) · vi máy bay (powered aircraft) · haw mokulele (powered aircraft) · ka აეროპლანი (powered aircraft) · ff laana-wiirooha (powered aircraft) · jje 비엥기 (powered aircraft) · mh baļuun (powered aircraft) · nrf avion (powered aircraft) · unm kënthwikàn (powered aircraft) · ckv hikuki (powered aircraft) · nv chidí naatʼaʼí (powered aircraft) · gu વિમાન (powered aircraft) · az təyyarə (powered aircraft) · mnp 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · lv gaisakuģis (powered aircraft) · hy ինքնաթիռ (powered aircraft) · hy աերոպլան (powered aircraft) · hi वायु-यान (powered aircraft) · tt аэроплан (powered aircraft) · ast avión (powered aircraft) · sq aeroplan (powered aircraft) · pa ਜਹਾਜ਼ (powered aircraft) · ur جَہاز (powered aircraft) · cs letadlo (powered aircraft) · sv plan (powered aircraft) · to vakapuna (powered aircraft) · srn opolangi (powered aircraft) · mns-nor товлыӈхап (powered aircraft) · ak wiemhyɛn (powered aircraft) · bo ལྕགས་བྱ (powered aircraft) · mk авио́н (powered aircraft) · szy hikuki (powered aircraft) · mi wakarere (powered aircraft) · pi vehāsayāna (powered aircraft) · crl ᑳᐱᒥᐦᔮᒥᑭᐦᒡ (powered aircraft) · id kapal terbang (powered aircraft) · bg авио́н (powered aircraft) · tk aeroplan (powered aircraft) · war eroplano (powered aircraft) · ko 항공기 (powered aircraft) · pa ہَوائی جَہاز (powered aircraft) · fa-ira طَیَّارِه (powered aircraft) · pa جَہاز (powered aircraft) · de Flieger (powered aircraft) · hi विमान (powered aircraft) · chn win-ship (powered aircraft) · mn нисэх онгоц (powered aircraft) · ia aeroplano (powered aircraft) · bn আকাশযান (powered aircraft) · kmr firroke (powered aircraft) · uz aeroplan (powered aircraft) · bo གནམ་གྲུ (powered aircraft) · trv sapah skiya (powered aircraft) · pi ākāsayāna (powered aircraft) · bn খপোত (powered aircraft) · si අහස්යානය (powered aircraft) · sk letún (powered aircraft) · jje 비헹기 (powered aircraft) · dng фынчуан (powered aircraft) · cjy 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · st sefofane (powered aircraft) · wal horoophphilliya (powered aircraft) · tum ndege (powered aircraft) · xnb hikoki (powered aircraft) · ckb فڕۆکە (powered aircraft) · uz samolyot (powered aircraft) · trv skaya (powered aircraft) · gv greie etlee (powered aircraft) · ak adupire (powered aircraft) · uk аеропла́н (powered aircraft) · rsk аероплан (powered aircraft) · se girdi (powered aircraft) · hu repülő (powered aircraft) · be самалёт (powered aircraft) · ami hikoki (powered aircraft) · km យន្តហោះ (powered aircraft) · ne विमान (powered aircraft) · wuu 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · nap apparècchio (powered aircraft) · nah tepozpatlanqui (powered aircraft) · lv lidmašīna (powered aircraft) · gan 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · dng фиҗи (powered aircraft) · sv flygmaskin (powered aircraft) · sa विमानम् (powered aircraft) · tg ҳавопаймо (powered aircraft) · mi rererangi (powered aircraft) · mi eropereina (powered aircraft) · bnn kusbabai (powered aircraft) · hy օդանավ (powered aircraft) · cic piini' wakaa' (powered aircraft) · jv ꦩꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂꦩꦧꦸꦂ (powered aircraft) · az uçaq (powered aircraft) · th เครื่องบิน (powered aircraft) · da flyvemaskine (powered aircraft) · unm pèmihëlak (powered aircraft) · tl eroplano (powered aircraft) · tg самолёт (powered aircraft) · vi tàu bay (powered aircraft) · smn kirdemmaašin (powered aircraft) · ht avyon (powered aircraft) · mg fiaramanidina (powered aircraft) · fi lentokone (powered aircraft) · crh tayare (powered aircraft) · nan-hbl 飛機 /飞机 (powered aircraft) · ln avió (powered aircraft) · ms kapal terbang (powered aircraft) · eo flugmaŝino (powered aircraft) · as আকাশীযান (powered aircraft) · tl salipawpaw (powered aircraft) · niu vakalele (powered aircraft) · nl vliegtuig (powered aircraft) · mfe avyon (powered aircraft) · ja 飛行機 (powered aircraft) · br karr-nij (powered aircraft) · gl avión (powered aircraft) · ps الوتکه (powered aircraft) · bn বিমান (powered aircraft)