aeroplane

aeroplane

See also: æroplane, aéroplane, and aëroplane

English

An aeroplane (Airbus A330)

Alternative forms

• aëroplane (dated)
• airplane (US, Canada, Philippines)
• æroplane (nonstandard, dated)

Etymology

From French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”). First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.;

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛə.ɹə.pleɪn/

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Noun

aeroplane (plural aeroplanes)

1. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
2. (aeronautics, archaic) An airfoil.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

Usage notes

• Aeroplane was the predominant spelling in the US until the 1920s, and is still used idiolectally among some American speakers.
• Canada officially uses aeroplane, but the spelling airplane has become much more common as a result of US influence.

Derived terms

• aeroplane mode
• hydroaeroplane (dated)
• paper aeroplane
• plane

 

Related terms

• aero-
• plane

Translations

powered aircraft

Abkhaz: аероплан (ajeropʼlan) Afrikaans: vliegtuig (af) Akan: adupire, wiemhyɛn Alabama: piɬɬawakáyka Albanian: aeroplan (sq) m Aleut: igax̂tax̂ Amharic: አይሮፕላን (ʾäyroplan) Amis: hikoki Arabic: طَائِرَة‎ (ar) f (ṭāʾira), طَيَّارَة‎ (ar) f (ṭayyāra) Egyptian Arabic: طيارة‎ f (ṭayyāra) Armenian: օդանավ (hy) (ōdanav), ինքնաթիռ (hy) (inkʿnatʿiṙ) Assamese: আকাশীযান (akaxizan) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܲܝܵܣܬܵܐ‎ f (ṭāyasta) Asturian: avión (ast) m Atayal: hikoki' Aymara: latajamach'iwa Azerbaijani: təyyarə (az), uçaq (non-standard) Bambara: sannakurun Bashkir: самолёт (samolyot) Basque: hegazkin (eu) Belarusian: самалёт (be) m (samaljót), аэрапла́н m (aeraplán) (dated) Bengali: খপোত (bn) (khôpot), উড়োজাহাজ (bn) (uṛojahaj), বিমান (bn) (biman), আকাশযান (bn) (akaśôĵan) Bikol Central: eroplano (bcl) Bole: jirginsama Breton: karr-nij (br) m, nijerez f Bulgarian: самоле́т (bg) m (samolét), авио́н m (avión) (dated) Bunun: kusbabai Burmese: လေယာဉ်ပျံ (my) (leyanypyam) Catalan: avió (ca) m Cebuano: eroplano Chechen: кема (kema) Cherokee: ᏥᏳ ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ (tsiyu ganohilidohi) Cheyenne: ame'hahtȯtse Chichewa: ndege Chickasaw: piini' wakaa' Chinese: Cantonese: 飛機, 飞机 (fei1 gei1) Dungan: фиҗи (fiži) Gan: 飛機, 飞机 (fi1 ji1) Hakka: 飛行機, 飞行机 (fî-hàng-kî, pî-hàng-kî, fî-yàng-kî, pî-yàng-kî), 飛機, 飞机 (fî-kî) Jin: 飛機, 飞机 (fei1 ji1) Mandarin: 飛機／飞机 (zh) (fēijī), 飛行機／飞行机 (zh) (fēixíngjī) Min Bei: 飛機, 飞机 (hí-gí) Min Dong: 飛機, 飞机 (hĭ-*gĭ) Min Nan: 飛機 (zh-min-nan), 飞机 (zh-min-nan) (hui-ki), 飛行機 (zh-min-nan), 飞行机 (hui-hêng-ki, poe-hêng-ki, pe-hêng-ki, hue-lêng-ki, hui-lêng-ki, poe-lêng-ki, hoe-nn̄g-ki), 飛船 (zh-min-nan), 飞船 (poe-chûn, pe-chûn, hui-chûn) (dated) Wu: 飛機, 飞机 (fi ji) Xiang: 飛機, 飞机 (fei1 ji1) Chukchi: риӈэнэӈ (riṇėnėṇ) Cornish: jynn ebron m Crimean Tatar: tayare Czech: letoun (cs) m, letadlo (cs) n Danish: flyvemaskine (da) c, fly (da) n Dhuwal: ḏikarr Dutch: vliegtuig (nl) n Elfdalian: flygmasin m, fliuogmasin m, flygplan n Esperanto: avio, aviadilo, flugmaŝino Estonian: lennuk (et) Farefare: alupele Faroese: flogfar n Finnish: lentokone (fi) French: avion (fr) m, aéroplane (fr) m Fula: Adlam: 𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤢-𞤱𞤭𞥅𞤪𞤮𞥅𞤸𞤢‎, 𞤢𞤪𞤢𞤨𞤵𞤤𞤫𞤤‎, 𞤢𞤱𞤭𞤴𞤮𞤲‎ Roman: laana-wiirooha, arapulel, awiyon Galician: avión (gl) m Georgian: თვითმფრინავი (ka) (tvitmprinavi), აეროპლანი (aeroṗlani) German: Flugzeug (de) n Greek: αεροπλάνο (el) n (aeropláno), αεροσκάφος (el) n (aeroskáfos) Greenlandic: timmisartoq Guaraní: kurusu veve Gujarati: વિમાન (vimān) Hausa: jirgin sama (ha) Hawaiian: mokulele, mokuea Hebrew: מָטוֹס‎ (he) m (matós), אֲוִירוֹן‎ (he) n (avirón) Hindi: विमान (hi) (vimān), हवाई जहाज़ m (havāī jahāz), वायु-यान (vāyu-yān) Hungarian: repülőgép (hu), (colloquial) repülő (hu) Icelandic: flugvél (is) f Ido: aeroplano (io) Inari Sami: kirdemmaašin Indonesian: pesawat (id) (colloquial), pesawat terbang (id) (formal), kapal terbang (id) (obsolete) Interlingua: avion, aeroplano Inuktitut: ᑎᖕᒥᓲᖅ (tingmisooq) Inupiaq: tiŋŋun Irish: eitleán (ga) m Italian: aereo (it) m, aeroplano (it) m, apparecchio (it) m, aeromobile (it) f Japanese: 飛行機 (ja) (ひこうき, hikōki), 航空機 (ja) (こうくうき, kōkūki) Javanese: ꦩꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦂꦩꦧꦸꦂ (montor mabur) Kanakanabu: hikoki Kannada: ವಿಮಾನ (kn) (vimāna), ಏರೋಪ್ಲೇನ್ (ērōplēn), ಏರೋಪ್ಲೇನು (kn) (ērōplēnu), ಗಾಳಿತೇರು (kn) (gāḷitēru) Kashmiri: پلین‎ (plēn) Kavalan: hikuki Kazakh: ұшақ (kk) (ūşaq), самолет (kk) (samolet) (dated) Khmer: កប៉ាល់ហោះ (kaʼpal hɑh), យន្តហោះ (yŭən hɑh), សកុណាយន្ត (saʼkonaayŭən) Koasati: piththawaika Kongo: ndèke Korean: 비행기(飛行機) (ko) (bihaenggi) Koyraboro Senni: beenehii Kurdish: Central Kurdish: فڕۆکە‎ (ku) (frroke), تەیارە‎ (teyare) Northern Kurdish: balafir (ku) f, firroke (ku), teyare (ku) Kyrgyz: самолёт (ky) (samolyot), учак (uçak) Lak: самолет (samolet), айрипӏалан (ayripʼalan) Lakota: kiŋyékhiyapi Lao: ອາກາດຍານ (ʼā kāt nyān), ເຄື່ອງບິນ (khư̄ang bin), ເຮືອບິນ (hư̄a bin), ຍົນ (lo) (nyon) Latin: aeroplanum n Latvian: lidmašīna f Lingala: mpɛ́pɔ Lithuanian: lėktuvas (lt) m, aeroplanas m (archaic) Macedonian: авио́н m (avión) Malagasy: fiaramanidina (mg) Malay: kapal terbang (ms) Malayalam: വിമാനം (ml) (vimānaṃ) Maltese: ajruplan m Manchu: ᡩᡝᠶᡝᡨᡠᠨ (deyetun) Mansi: товлыӈхап (tovlyňhap) Manx: etlan m, greie etlee m Maori: manurere (mi), eropereina, aropereina, rererangi, waka rererangi (mi), wakarere (mi) Marathi: विमान (vimān) Mauritian Creole: avyon Mirandese: abion m Mizo: thlawhtheihna Mongolian: Cyrillic: нисэх онгоц (mn) (nisex ongoc), онгоц (mn) (ongoc), (China) нисгэл (mn) (nisgel) Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠦ ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ (niskü oŋɣuča), ᠣᠩᠭᠤᠴᠠ (oŋɣuča), (China) ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠡᠯ (niskel) Moore: nasaar-sɩlga, sɩlga Nahuatl: tepoztōtōtl (nah), tepozpatlanqui Navajo: chidí naatʼaʼí Neapolitan: arioplàno m, apparècchio m Nepali: विमान (vimān), हवाईजहाज (ne) (hawāījahāj), प्लेन (plen) Ngazidja Comorian: roplani, ropulani Niuean: vakalele Norman: avion m Northern East Cree: ᑳᐱᒥᐦᔮᒥᑭᐦᒡ (kaapimihyaamikihc), ᑳᐱᐹᒥᐦᔮᒥᑭᐦᒡ (kaapipaamihyaamikihc) Northern Sami: girdi Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: fly (no) n Nynorsk: fly n Occitan: avion (oc) m Ojibwe: bemisemagak Oriya: ଉଡ଼ାଜାହାଜ (uṛajahajô), ବିମାନ (or) (bimanô) Oromo: xiyyaara Ossetian: хӕдтӕхӕг (xædtæxæg) Ottoman Turkish: طیاره‎ (tayyare) Paiwan: hikuki Pali: ākāsayāna n, vehāsayāna n Pashto: الوتکه‎ (ps) f (alwatëka), طياره‎ (ps) f (tayāra), هوايي جهاز‎ Persian: هواپیما‎ (fa) (havâpeymâ), طیاره‎ (fa) (tayyâre) Plautdietsch: Loftschepp n Polish: samolot (pl) m, aeroplan (pl) m (obsolete) Portuguese: avião (pt) m, aeroplano (pt) m Punjabi: ਹਵਾਈ-ਜਹਾਜ਼ (havāī-jahāz), ਜਹਾਜ਼ (jahāz) Puyuma: hikuki Quechua: antanka, lata pisqu, maraq Romanian: aeroplan (ro) n, avion (ro) n Romansch: aviun m, eroplan m Rukai: ngiapapalay Russian: самолёт (ru) m (samoljót), аэропла́н (ru) m (aeroplán) (dated) Saaroa: saliamiapihlihli Saisiyat: kamahayap Sakizaya: hikuki, babelbel Samoan: vaʻalele Sanskrit: विमान (sa) (vimāna), वायु-यान (vāyu-yāna) Scottish Gaelic: itealan m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: авѝо̄н m, зра̏копло̄в m (Croatia) Roman: avìōn (sh) m, zrȁkoplōv (sh) m (Croatia) Seychellois Creole: avyon Shan: လေႇယိၼ်ႇပျၢၼ်ႇ (lèe yìn pjàan), ႁိူဝ်းမိၼ် (hóe mǐn) Shona: ndege Sinhalese: ගුවන්යානය (guwanyānaya), අහස්යානය (ahasyānaya) Skolt Sami: jarplan Slovak: lietadlo (sk) n Slovene: letalo (sl) n, avion (sl) m Somali: diyaarad Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: lětadło n Sotho: sefofane (st) Southern East Cree: ᑳᐱᒥᐦᔮᒪᑲᐦᒡ (kaapimihyaamakahc) Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can Spanish: avión (es) m, aeroplano (es) m Swahili: ndege (sw), eropleni (sw) class 9/10 Swedish: flygplan (sv) n, flygmaskin (sv) c (uncommon) Tagalog: eroplano (tl) Tajik: самолёт (tg) (samolyot), тайёра (tg) (tayyora), ҳавопаймо (tg) (havopaymo) Tamil: விமானம் (ta) (vimāṉam), வானவூர்தி (ta) (vāṉavūrti) Taroko: asu (Truku), skaya (Truku), sapah skiya (Tgdaya) Tatar: очкыч (tt) (oçkıç), самолёт (samolyot) Telugu: విమానము (te) (vimānamu) Thai: เครื่องบิน (th) (krʉ̂ʉang-bin), อากาศยาน (th) (aa-gàat-sà-yaan), เรือบิน (th) (rʉʉa-bin) Tibetan: གནམ་གྲུ (gnam gru), ལྕགས་བྱ (lcags bya) Tigrinya: ነፋሪት (näfarit) Tok Pisin: balus (tpi) Tokelauan: vakalele Tongan: vakapuna Tsou: hikoki Turkish: uçak (tr), (obsolete) tayyare (tr) Turkmen: samolýot, uçar Tuvaluan: vakalele Ukrainian: літа́к (uk) m (liták), аеропла́н (uk) m (aeroplán) (dated) Urdu: طیارہ‎ (teyāra), ہوائی جہاز‎ (hawāī-jahāz), جہاز‎ (jahāz), ہوا پیما‎ (hawā-pemā) Uyghur: ئايروپىلان‎ (ayropilan) Uzbek: tayyora (uz), samolyot (uz), aeroplan (uz) Vietnamese: máy bay (vi) (North Vietnam, standard), phi cơ (vi) (飛機) (South Vietnam) Volapük: flitöm (vo), flitömil (diminutive), leflitöm (augmentative) Võro: linnuk Wallisian: vakalele Waray-Waray: eroplano Welsh: awyren (cy) f West Frisian: fleantúch n, fleanmasine White Hmong: dav hlau Yakut: самолет (samolet) Yami: sikoki Yiddish: אַעראָפּלאַן‎ m (aeroplan), עראָפּלאַן‎ m (eroplan) Yindjibarndi: barbarrnyungu Yogad: eroplano Yonaguni: 飛行機 (ひぐんき, higunki), 飛行機 (ちこーき, chikouki) Yoruba: ọkọ̀ òfurufú Zhuang: feihgih

Verb

aeroplane (third-person singular simple present aeroplanes, present participle aeroplaning, simple past and past participle aeroplaned)

1. (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
2. (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
   • 1919, The American Angler (volume 4, page 221)

     The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.

See also

• aircraft
• airplane
• glider
• helicopter