aeroplane

Meaning

Noun

1. (Commonwealth) Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
2. (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
3. 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.

Synonyms

airplane

✈️

plane

aircraft

airplane

✈️

airship

spacecraft

helicopter

🚁

fixed-wing aircraft

flying fox

angel

👼

flying machine

bird

🐦

parachute

🪂

cockpit

wind tunnel

aircraft compass

Translations

avion

✈️

avión

✈️

Flugzeug

✈️

vliegtuig

✈️

aeroplano

uçak

✈️

αεροπλάνο

aereo

avião

✈️

aeroplano

✈️

avió

✈️

aéroplane

tayyare

✈️

velivolo

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n]

Etymology

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