aeroplane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
Synonym of airplane. A game played when spoon-feeding children.
Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

verb

To fly in an aeroplane.
To transport by aeroplane.

Pronunciation

[ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n] [ˈeɪ.əɹ-] [ˈɛː.ɹə.plɛjn] en-uk-aeroplane.ogg [ˈɛː.ɹow.plejn] [ˈɛː.ɹow.pleːn] [ˈɛː.ɹ(ə).plɛɪ̯n] EN-AU ck1 aeroplane.ogg /ˈɛɹ.ə.pleɪ̯n/

Word forms

aeroplane aeroplanes aëroplane airplane æroplane aeroplaning aeroplaned

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō) Ancient Greek πλάνος (plános) 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”). 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

Synonyms

airplane airfoil

Related words

aero- plane aerodrome aero aerospace aeronautics hydroplane aircraft airplane glider helicopter

Derived words

aeroplane mode aeroplaner aeroplanist chairoplane here comes the aeroplane hydroaeroplane paper aeroplane plane

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