English Explanatory Dictionary

aerodrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An airfield
  2. An airfield:
  3. Any area of land or water used for aircraft operation, regardless of facilities.
  4. An airfield used for managed aircraft operation, either military or civilian, having such facilities as are necessary for operation.
  5. An airfield equipped with air traffic control facilities and hangars as well as accommodation for passengers and cargo; an airport.
  6. A flying machine composed of aeroplanes (“airfoils, aerodynamic surfaces”). An aeroplane (“airplane, aircraft”), particularly one constructed by or according to the design of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

aerodrome aerodromes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos)der. English -drome English aerodrome * (aircraft): In the obsolete sense of “flying machine” coined by American aviation pioneer Samuel Langley in 1897, from Ancient Greek ἀεροδρόμος (aerodrómos, “traversing the air”). * (airfield): In the sense of “airfield”, from aero- + -drome, a suffix formed in analogy with hippodrome (“horse racecourse”), from Ancient Greek.

Related words

aquadrome astrodrome cosmodrome drome hydrodrome aero aerodynamics aerofoil aeronautics aeroplane aeroport aerodromics

Derived words

airdrome alternate aerodrome heliaerodrome helidrome marine aerodrome maritime aerodrome water aerodrome waterdrome aerodromic aerodromics hydroaerodrome

Translations

Albanian: aerodrom Arabic: مَهْبِط Arabic: مَدْرَج Armenian: աերոդրոմ Azerbaijani: aerodrom Belarusian: аэрадро́м Bengali: বিমানঘাঁটি Bengali: বিমানবন্দর Bulgarian: аеродру́м Bulgarian: лети́ще Burmese: လေယာဉ်ကွင်း Catalan: aeròdrom Chinese Cantonese: 機場 /机场 Chinese Cantonese: 飛機場 /飞机场 Chinese Mandarin: 飛機場 /飞机场 Chinese Mandarin: 機場 /机场 Czech: letiště Danish: flyveplads Dutch: aerodroom Dutch: vliegveld Estonian: lennuväli Estonian: aerodroom Finnish: lentopaikka Finnish: lentokenttä French: aérodrome Galician: aeródromo Georgian: აეროდრომი German: Flugplatz German: Aerodrom Greek: αεροδρόμιο Hindi: हवाई मैदान Hindi: हवाई अड्डा Hindi: हवाई क्षेत्र Hungarian: repülőtér Icelandic: flugvöllur Indonesian: lapangan terbang Indonesian: aerodrom Irish: aeradróm Italian: aerodromo Japanese: 飛行場 Kazakh: аэродром Khmer: អាកាសយានដ្ឋាន Korean: 비행장 Northern Kurdish: balafirgeh Northern Kurdish: firokgeh Kyrgyz: аэродром Latvian: aerodroms Lithuanian: aerodromas Macedonian: леталиште Macedonian: аеродро́м Malay: padang terbang Malay: lapangan terbang Mongolian: аэродром Norwegian Bokmål: flyplass Pashto: هوايي ډګر
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