airplane

English

Boeing 737 airplane

Alternative forms

• aeroplane (Australian, New Zealand, South Africa, UK), aëroplane

Etymology

air +‎ plane, alteration of aeroplane

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛəpleɪn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹˌpleɪ̯n/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

airplane (plural airplanes)

1. (US, Canada) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
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Derived terms

• paper airplane

Translations

powered aircraft

• Abkhaz: ааероплан (aajeropʼlan)
• Afrikaans: vliegtuig (af)
• Alabama: piɬɬawakáyka
• Albanian: aeroplan (sq) m
• Aleut: igax̂tax̂
• Amharic: አይሮፕላን (ʾäyroplan)
• Arabic: طَائِرَة (ar) f (ṭāʔira), طَيَّارَة f (ṭayyāra)

  Egyptian Arabic: طيارة f (ṭayyāra)

• Armenian: օդանավ (hy) (ōdanav), ինքնաթիռ (hy) (inkʻnatʻiṙ)
• Assamese: আকাশীযান (akaxizan)
• Asturian: avión m
• Aymara: latajamach'iwa
• Azerbaijani: təyyarə (az)
• Bambara: sannakurun
• Bashkir: самолёт
• Basque: hegazkin (eu)
• Belarusian: самалёт (be) m (samaljót)
• Bengali: খপোত (bn) (khopōt), উড়োজাহাজ (bn) (uṛōjahaj), বিমান (bn) (biman), আকাশযান (akaśjan)
• Bole: jirginsama
• Breton: karr-nij (br) m, nijerez f
• Bulgarian: самоле́т (bg) m (samolét), (archaic) авио́н m (avión)
• Burmese: လေယာဉ်ပျံ (my) (leyanypyam)
• Catalan: avió (ca) m
• Cebuano: eroplano
• Chechen: кема (kema)
• Cherokee: ᏥᏳ ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ (tsiyu ganohilidohi)
• Cheyenne: ame'hahtȯtse
• Chichewa: ndege
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 飛機／飞机 (fei¹ gei¹), 飞机 (fei¹ gei¹)

  Dungan: фиҗи (fiži)

  Hakka: 飛行機／飞行机, 飞行机 (fî-hàng-kî, pî-hàng-kî, fî-yàng-kî, pî-yàng-kî), 飛機／飞机, 飞机 (fî-kî)

  Jin: 飛機／飞机 (fei¹ ji¹), 飞机 (fei¹ ji¹)

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

  Min Dong: 飛機／飞机, 飞机 (hĭ-*gĭ)

  Min Nan: 飛機／飞机 (zh-min-nan), 飞机 (zh-min-nan) (hui-ki), 飛行機／飞行机 (zh-min-nan), 飞行机 (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), 飞船 (poe-chûn, pe-chûn, hui-chûn) (dated)

  Wu: 飛機／飞机, 飞机 (fi ji)

  Xiang: 飛機／飞机 (fei¹ ji¹), 飞机 (fei¹ ji¹)

• Chukchi: риӈэнэӈ (riṇėnėṇ)
• Cornish: jynn ebron m
• Crimean Tatar: tayare
• Czech: letoun (cs) m, letadlo (cs) n
• Danish: flyvemaskine (da) c, fly (da) n
• Dhuwal: ḏikarr
• Dutch: vliegtuig (nl) n
• Elfdalian: flygmasin m, fliuogmasin m, flygplan n
• Esperanto: avio, aviadilo, flugmaŝino
• Estonian: lennuk (et)
• Faroese: flogfar n
• Finnish: lentokone (fi)
• French: avion (fr) m, aéroplane (fr) m
• Galician: avión (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) (vimān), हवाई जहाज़ m (havāī jahāz), वायु-यान (vāyu-yān)
• Hungarian: repülőgép (hu), (colloquial) repülő (hu)
• Icelandic: flugvél (is) f
• Ido: aeroplano (io)
• Inari Sami: kirdemmaašin
• Indonesian: pesawat bersayap tetap, pesawat terbang (id), kapal terbang (id)
• Interlingua: avion, aeroplano
• Interlingue: ,
• 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)
• Kannada: ಏರೋಪ್ಲೇನ್ (ērōplēn), ಗಾಳಿತೇರು (kn) (gāḷitēru)
• Kashmiri: پلین (plēn)
• Kazakh: ұшақ (kk) (ūşaq)
• Khmer: កប៉ាល់ហោះ (kaʼpal hɑh), យន្តហោះ (yŭən hɑh), សកុណាយន្ត (saʼkonaayŭən)
• Koasati: piththawaika
• Kongo: ndèke
• Korean: 비행기 (ko) (bihaenggi) (飛行機 (ko))
• Koyraboro Senni: beenehii
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: , ,

  Sorani: ,

• Kyrgyz: самолёт (ky) (samolyot), учак (ucak)
• 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
• Lingala: mpɛ́pɔ
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• Lithuanian: lėktuvas (lt) m, aeroplanas m (archaic)
• Macedonian: авио́н m (avión)
• Malagasy: fiaramanidina (mg)
• Malay: kapal terbang
• Malayalam: വിമാനം (ml) (vimānaṁ), വിമാനങ്ങൾ (vimānaṅṅaḷ)
• Maltese: ajruplan m
• Manchu: ᡩᡝᠶᡝᡨᡠᠨ (deyetun)
• Mansi:
• Manx: etlan m, greie etlee m
• Maori: manurere, eropereina, aropereina, rererangi, waka rererangi, wakarere
• Marathi: विमान (vimān)
• Mirandese: abion m
• Mizo: thlawhtheihna
• Mongolian: нисэх онгоц (mn) (nisex ongoc), онгоц (mn) (ongoc)
• Nahuatl: tepoztōtōtl (nah), tepozpatlanqui
• Navajo: chidí naatʼaʼí
• Neapolitan: arioplàno m, apparècchio m
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Ngazidja Comorian: roplani, ropulani
• Niuean: vakalele
• Norman: avion m
• Northern East Cree: ᑳᐱᒥᐦᔮᒥᑭᐦᒡ (kaapimihyaamikihch), ᑳᐱᐹᒥᐦᔮᒥᑭᐦᒡ (kaapipaamihyaamikihch)
• Northern Sami: girdi
• Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fly (no) n

  Nynorsk: fly n

• Ojibwe: bemisemagak
• Oriya: ଉଡ଼ାଜାହାଜ (uṛājāhāja), ବିମାନ (or) (bimāna)
• Ossetian: хӕдтӕхӕг (xædtæxæg)
• Ottoman Turkish: طیاره (tayyare)
• Pashto: الوتکه (ps) f (alwatëka)
• Persian: هواپیما (fa) (havâpeymâ), طیاره (fa) (tayyâre)
• Polish: samolot (pl) m, aeroplan (pl) m
• Portuguese: avião (pt) m, aeroplano (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਹਵਾਈ-ਜਹਾਜ਼ (havāī-jahāz), ਜਹਾਜ਼ (jahāz)
• Quechua: antanka, lata pisqu, maraq
• Romanian: aeroplan (ro) n, avion (ro) n
• Romansch: aviun m, eroplan m
• Russian: самолёт (ru) m (samoljót), аэропла́н (ru) m (aeroplán) (obsolete)
• Samoan: vaʻalele
• Sanskrit: विमान (sa) (vimāna), वायु-यान (vāyu-yāna)
• Scottish Gaelic: itealan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: авион m, зракоплов m

  Roman: avion (sh) m, zrakoplov (sh) m

• 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 m
• Somali: diyaarad
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: lětadło n

• Sotho: sefofane (st)
• Southern East Cree: ᑳᐱᒥᐦᔮᒪᑲᐦᒡ (kaapimihyaamakahch)
• Southern Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: avión (es) m, aeroplano (es) m
• Swahili: ndege (sw), eropleni (sw) class 9/10
• Swedish: flygplan (sv) (occas., flygmaskin (sv))
• Tagalog: eroplano (tl)
• Tajik: самолёт (tg) (samolyot), тайёра (tg) (tayyora)
• Tamil: விமானம் (ta) (vimāṉam)
• Tatar: очкыч (tt) (oçkıç)
• Telugu: విమానము (te) (vimānamu)
• Thai: เครื่องบิน (th) (krʉ̂ʉang-bin), อากาศยาน (aa-gàat-sà-yaan), เรือบิน (rʉʉa-bin)
• Tibetan: གནམ་གྲུ (gnam gru)
• Tok Pisin: balus (tpi)
• Tokelauan: vakalele
• Tongan: vakapuna
• Turkish: uçak (tr), (obsolete) tayyare (tr)
• Turkmen: samolýot, uçar
• Tuvaluan: vakalele
• Ukrainian: літа́к (uk) m (liták), аеропла́н (uk) m (aeroplán) (obsolete)
• Urdu: ہوائی جہاز m (havā'ī jahāz), ہوائی پیما (hvāī pemā)
• Uyghur: ئايروپىلان (ayropilan)
• Uzbek: tayora (uz), samolyot (uz)
• Vietnamese: máy bay (vi) (North, standard), phi cơ (vi) (飛機) (South)
• Volapük: flitöm (vo), flitömil (diminutive), leflitöm (augmentative)
• Võro: linnuk
• Wallisian: vakalele
• Welsh: awyren (cy) f
• West Frisian: fleantúch n, fleanmasine
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Yami: sikoki
• Yiddish: אַעראָפּלאַן m (aeroplan), עראָפּלאַן m (eroplan)
• Yindjibarndi: barbarrnyungu
• Yonaguni: 飛行機 (ひぐんき, higunki), 飛行機 (ちこーき, chikouki)
• Yoruba: ọkọ̀ òfurufú
• Zhuang: feihgih

Verb

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

See also

• aircraft
• glider
• helicopter

Anagrams

• perianal