airfoil

English

Airfoil nomenclature

Alternative forms

• aerofoil (British)

Etymology

From air +‎ foil.

Noun

airfoil (plural airfoils)

1. (American spelling) A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.

   Synonym: foil

2. (American spelling) A wing of an aircraft.

   Synonym: wing

Translations

structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air

• Dutch: vleugelprofiel n
• Finnish: siipiprofiili (fi)
• French: profil d’aile m
• German: tragflächenprofil n
• Greek: αεροτομή (el) f (aerotomí)
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• Irish: aereiteog f
• Italian: profilo alare m
• Portuguese: aerofólio m
• Spanish: perfil alar, perfil aerodinámico, perfil (es)

wing of an aircraft — see wing