airman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-r

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.

Latin āēr

Old French airbor.

Middle English aire

English air

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English airman

From air + -man.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛə.mən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.mən/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

airman (plural airmen)

1. A pilot of an aircraft.
2. A person employed in one of several aviation-adjacent professions other than flight crew, such as a mechanic or air traffic controller.
3. A member of an air force.
4. A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class.
5. A naval seaman, especially one in the U.S. Navy, who works on and/or handles aircraft.

Derived terms

• airman first class
• airmanship
• Tuskegee airman

Related terms

• airwoman

Translations

pilot

• Arabic: طَيَّار m (ṭayyār)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飛行員 / 飞行员 (zh) (fēixíngyuán)

• Finnish: lentäjä (fi), pilotti (fi)
• Greek: πιλότος (el) (pilótos), πλοηγός (el) (ploïgós)
• Ingrian: lentäjä, pilotta
• Kazakh: ұшқыш (ušqıš)
• Polish: lotnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: aviador (pt) m
• Romanian: aviator (ro) m, aviatoare (ro) f
• Russian: лётчик (ru) m (ljótčik), пило́т (ru) m (pilót)
• Spanish: aviador (es) m, aviadora (es) f

member of air force

• Apache:

  Western Apache: yáá silaada

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 航空兵 (zh) (hángkōngbīng)

• Finnish: ilmavoimalainen (rare)
• Greek: αεροπόρος (el) (aeropóros)

rank in air force

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: lentosotamies (fi)
• French: aviateur (fr) m
• Greek: αεροπόρος (el) (aeropóros)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} aviere (it) m

Anagrams

• Ramani, amirna, Armani, Marina, Marian, Ariman, marina, amiRNA, Ramian