aéroplane

See also: aeroplane, æroplane, and aëroplane

French

Etymology

Coined by French aviation pioneer and sculptor Joseph Pline in 1855, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.e.ʁɔ.plan/

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Noun

aéroplane m (plural aéroplanes)

1. (obsolete) aeroplane

   Synonym: avion

Descendants

Descendants

• → English: aeroplane, aëroplane (dated), airplane (US, Canada, Philippines), æroplane (dated, hypercorrect, nonstandard)
  • → Swahili: eropleni
  • → Welsh: eroplen
• → Esperanto: aeroplano
• → Galician: aeroplano
• → German: Aeroplan
• → Greek: αεροπλάνο (aeropláno)
• → Ido: aeroplano
• → Interlingua: aeroplano
• → Italian: aeroplano
• → New Latin: āeroplanum
• → Persian: آئروپلان (â'eroplân)
• → Portuguese: aeroplano
• → Romanian: aeroplan
• → Spanish: aeroplano
  • → Basque: aeroplano
  • → Central Bikol: eroplano
  • → Cebuano: ayroplano
  • → Tagalog: eroplano
  • → Waray-Waray: eroplano
  • → Yogad: eroplano

Further reading

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