airplane

English

Boeing 737 airplane

Alternative forms

(chiefly Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) aeroplane, aëroplane

Etymology

air +‎ plane, alteration of aeroplane

Pronunciation

enPR: ârʹplān', IPA^(key): /ˈeɹˌpleɪ̯n/, /ˈɛːˌpleɪ̯n/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɚˌpleɪ̯n/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: air‧plane
Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)pleɪn

Noun

airplane (plural airplanes)

(chiefly US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
Hypernym: aircraft

Derived terms

Translations

powered aircraft

Abkhaz: аероплан (ajeropʼlan)
Afrikaans: vliegtuig (af)
Akan: adupire, wiemhyɛn
Alabama: piɬɬawakáyka
Albanian: aeroplan (sq) m, balonë (sq) f
Aleut: igax̂tax̂
Amharic: አይሮፕላን (ʾäyroplan)
Amis: hikoki
Arabic: طَائِرَة (ar) f (ṭāʔira), طَيَّارَة (ar) f (ṭayyāra)
Egyptian Arabic: طيارة f (ṭayyāra)
Armenian: օդանավ (hy) (ōdanav), ինքնաթիռ (hy) (inkʻnatʻiṙ), աերոպլան (hy) (aeroplan) (dated)
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) (khopōt), উড়োজাহাজ (bn) (uṛōjahaj), বিমান (bn) (biman), আকাশযান (bn) (akaśjan)
Bikol Central: eroplano (bcl)
Bole: jirginsama
Breton: karr-nij (br) m, nijerez f
Bulgarian: самоле́т (bg) m (samolét), авио́н m (avión) (dated), аеропла́н (bg) m (aeroplán) (dated)
Bunun: kusbabai
Burmese: လေယာဉ်ပျံ (my) (leyanypyam)
Catalan: avió (ca) m
Cebuano: eroplano
Chechen: кема (kema), хӏаваан кема (havaan 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)

Eastern Min: 飛機／飞机 (hĭ-*gĭ), 飛船／飞船 (buŏi-sùng)

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)

Hokkien: 飛機／飞机 (zh-min-nan) (hui-ki), 飛行機／飞行机 (zh-min-nan) (hui-hêng-ki, poe-hêng-ki, pe-hêng-ki, hue-lêng-ki, hui-lêng-ki, poe-lêng-ki, hoe-nn̄g-ki), 飛船／飞船 (zh-min-nan) (poe-chûn, pe-chûn, hui-chûn) (dated)

Jin: 飛機／飞机 (fei¹ ji¹)

Mandarin: 飛機／飞机 (zh) (fēijī), 飛行機／飞行机 (zh) (fēixíngjī)

Northern Min: 飛機／飞机 (hí-gí)

Wu: 飛機／飞机 (¹fi-ci)

Xiang: 飛機／飞机 (fei¹ ji¹)
Chukchi: риӈэнэӈ (riṇėnėṇ)
Cornish: jynn ebron m
Crimean Tatar: tayare, uçaq
Czech: letoun (cs) m, letadlo (cs) n
Danish: flyvemaskine (da) c, fly (da) n, maskine (da)
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, aeroplano (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) m (vimān), हवाई जहाज़ m (havāī jahāz), वायु-यान m (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)
Ingrian: samoljotta, aeroplana
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 (samolet) (dated), аэроплан (aéroplan) (dated)
Khmer: កប៉ាល់ហោះ (kaʼpal hɑh), យន្តហោះ (yŭən hɑh), សកុណាយន្ត (saʼkonaayŭən)
Koasati: piththawaika
Kongo: ndèke
Korean: 비행기(飛行機) (ko) (bihaenggi), 항공기(航空機) (ko) (hanggonggi)
Koyraboro Senni: beenehii
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: فڕۆکە (ckb) (frroke), تەیارە (ckb) (teyare)

Northern Kurdish: balafir (ku) f, firroke (ku), teyare (ku)
Kyrgyz: самолёт (ky) (samolyot), учак (ky) (ucak), аэроплан (ky) (aeroplan) (dated)
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, lidaparāts m, gaisakuģis m
Lingala: mpɛ́pɔ
Lithuanian: lėktuvas (lt) m, aeroplanas m (archaic)
Macedonian: авио́н m (avión)
Malagasy: fiaramanidina (mg)
Malay: kapal terbang (ms)
Malayalam: വിമാനം (ml) (vimānaṁ)
Maltese: ajruplan m
Manchu: ᡩᡝᠶᡝᡨᡠᠨ (deyetun)
Manx: etlan m, greie etlee m
Maori: manurere (mi), eropereina, aropereina, rererangi, waka rererangi (mi), wakarere (mi)
Marathi: विमान (vimān)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: кÿртньыгайык (kÿrtńygajyk)
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 Mansi: товлыӈхап (towlyňhap)
Northern Sami: girdi
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fly (no) n

Nynorsk: fly n
Occitan: avion (oc) m
Odia: ଉଡ଼ାଜାହାଜ (uṛajahajô), ବିମାନ (or) (bimanô)
Ojibwe: bemisemagak
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 m (hawāyi jahāz)
Persian: هَواپِیْما (fa) (havâpeymâ), طَیّارِه (fa) (tayyâre) (Dari or dated in Iran)
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)
Sardinian: aeroplanu m
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
Sranan Tongo: opolangi
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), аэроплан (aeroplan) (dated)
Tamil: விமானம் (ta) (vimāṉam), வானவூர்தி (ta) (vāṉavūrti)
Taroko: asu (Truku), skaya (Truku), sapah skiya (Tgdaya)
Tatar: очкыч (tt) (oçkıç), самолёт (samolyot), аэроплан (a'roplan) (dated)
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
Tumbuka: ndege
Turkish: uçak (tr), (obsolete) tayyare (tr)
Turkmen: samolýot, uçar, aeroplan (tk) (dated)
Tuvaluan: vakalele
Ukrainian: літа́к (uk) m (liták), аеропла́н (uk) m (aeroplán) (dated)
Urdu: طَیّارَہ m (taiyāra), ہَوائی جَہاز m (havāī jahāz), جَہاز m (jahāz), ہَوا پَیْما m (havā paymā), وِمان m (vimān)
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, aeroplaan
Wallisian: vakalele
Waray-Waray: eroplano
Welsh: awyren (cy) f
West Frisian: fleantúch n, fleanmasine
White Hmong: dav hlau
Yakut: самолет (samolet), сөмөлүөт (sömölüöt), көтөр-аал (kötör-aal)
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

airplane (third-person singular simple present airplanes, present participle airplaning, simple past and past participle airplaned)

(intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
(transitive) To transport by aeroplane.

Anagrams

perianal

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