aeroplane

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11
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14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
[ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n]
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[ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n] · [ˈeɪ.əɹ-] · [ˈɛː.ɹə.plɛjn] · [ˈɛː.ɹow.plejn] · [ˈɛː.ɹow.pleːn] · [ˈɛː.ɹ(ə).plɛɪ̯n] · /ˈɛɹ.ə.pleɪ̯n/ (US)

Definition of aeroplane

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Commonwealth)Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
    “Schicklgruber's aeroplanes we smash right to the ground.”
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noun

  1. (Commonwealth)Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
    “Schicklgruber's aeroplanes we smash right to the ground.”
  2. (Commonwealth)Synonym of airplane. A game played when spoon-feeding children.
  3. (archaic, obsolete)Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

verb

  1. (intransitive)To fly in an aeroplane.
  2. (transitive)To transport by aeroplane.
    “The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.”

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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…

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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

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