avião

See also: aviaõ

Galician

Noun

avião m (plural aviões, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of avión

References

• “avião”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

avião

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French avion (“airplane”), coined by Clément Ader after Latin avis (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.viˈɐ̃w̃/ [a.vɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /aˈvjɐ̃w̃/ [aˈvjɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvjɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvjɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbjɐ̃w̃/ [ɐˈβjɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧ão

Noun

avião m (plural aviões)

1. airplane

   Synonym: aeroplano

2. (colloquial) attractive or well-endowed woman

   Antonyms: canhão, dragão

Descendants

• → Guajajára: àwiàw
• → Hunsrik: Aviong

Etymology 2

Verb

avião

1. obsolete spelling of haviam

Further reading

• “avião”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026