aviation

Borrowed from French aviation, from Latin avis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *awi- (“bird”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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aviation (usually uncountable, plural aviations)

1. The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
2. Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
3. Industry that produces aircraft.
4. (collectively, military) aircraft
5. A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette and lemon juice

Coined by G. de la Landelle together with aviateur; from Latin avis (“bird”) +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /a.vja.sjɔ̃/

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aviation f (plural aviations)

1. aviation

• → Bulgarian: авиа́ция (aviácija)
• → Catalan: aviació
• → Italian: aviazione
• → Russian: авиа́ция (aviácija) (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: aviación
  • → Tagalog: abyasyon
• → Ukrainian: авіа́ція (aviácija)

• “aviation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.