aviation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aviation, derived from Latin avis (“bird”). By surface analysis, avi- +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ā′vē-ā′shən, ăv′ē-
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˌav.iː-/, (older) /ˌæv.iː-/

  Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ̯.viˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˌæv.i-/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌæɪ̯.viːˈæɪ̯.ʃən/

  (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌæv.iː-/

  (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɛv.iː-/

• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌe.viˈe.ʃən/, /ˌav.i-/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌeː.viːˈeː.ʃon/, /ˌav.iː-/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧a‧tion

Noun

aviation (usually uncountable, plural aviations)

2. The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
3. Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.

   The history of aviation is full of daring pioneers.

   He works in the aviation industry as a pilot.

   Military aviation played a crucial role in the war.

4. Industry that produces aircraft.
5. (collectively, military) Aircraft.
6. A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice.

Derived terms

• av
• avgas
• aviation blonde
• aviation cruiser
• aviation fuel
• avionics
• civil aviation
• general aviation
• general of aviation
• NADEP
• nonaviation

Translations

art or science of flying

• Albanian: aviacion (sq) m
• Arabic: طَيَرَان m (ṭayarān), مِلَاحَة جَوِّيَّة f (milāḥa(t) jawwiyya)
• Armenian: ավիացիա (hy) (aviacʻia)
• Azerbaijani: aviasiya
• Bashkir: авиация (aviatsiya)
• Belarusian: лётніцтва n (ljótnictva), авія́цыя f (avijácyja), паветрапла́ванне n (pavjetraplávannje), паветрапла́ваньне n (pavjetraplávanʹnje)
• Bengali: বিমানচালনা (bimancalna)
• Bulgarian: въздухопла́ване (bg) n (vǎzduhoplávane), авиа́ция (bg) f (aviácija)
• Burmese: လေကြောင်း (my) (le-kraung:)
• Catalan: aviació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 航空 (hong⁴ hung¹), 飛行 / 飞行 (fei¹ hang⁴)

  Hokkien: 航空 (zh-min-nan) (hâng-khong), 飛行 / 飞行 (zh-min-nan) (hui-hêng)

  Mandarin: 航空 (zh) (hángkōng), 飛行 / 飞行 (zh) (fēixíng)

• Czech: letectví (cs) n
• Danish: luftfart (da) c
• Dutch: luchtvaart (nl) f
• Esperanto: aerveturado
• Estonian: lennundus
• Finnish: ilmailu (fi)
• French: aviation (fr) f
• Galician: aviación (gl) f
• Georgian: ავიაცია (aviacia)
• German: Luftfahrt (de) f, Fliegerei (de) f
• Greek: αεροπορία (el) f (aeroporía)
• Hebrew: תְּעוּפָה (he) f (t'ufá)
• Hindi: विमानन m (vimānan)
• Hungarian: légi közlekedés (hu)
• Icelandic: flugmál n
• Ido: aviaco (io)
• Indonesian: penerbangan (id)
• Irish: eitlíocht f
• Italian: aviazione (it) f
• Japanese: 航空 (ja) (こうくう, kōkū), 飛行 (ja) (ひこう, hikō)
• Kazakh: авиация (aviasiä)
• Khmer: អាកាសចរ (ʼaakaasaʼcɑɑ)
• Korean: 항공(航空) (ko) (hanggong), 비행(飛行) (ko) (bihaeng)
• Kyrgyz: авиация (ky) (aviatsiya)
• Lao: ການບິນ (lo) (kān bin)
• Latvian: aviācija f
• Lithuanian: aviacija f
• Macedonian: воздухопло́вство n (vozduhoplóvstvo), авијација f (avijacija)
• Malay: penerbangan (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нисэх хүчин (nisex xüčin)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: luftfart (no) m

  Nynorsk: luftfart m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: هَواپِیْمایی (havâpeymâyi), هَوانَوَرْدی (havânavardi)

• Polish: lotnictwo (pl) n, awiacja (pl) f (archaic), awiatyka f (archaic)
• Portuguese: aviação (pt) f
• Romanian: aviație (ro) f
• Russian: авиа́ция (ru) f (aviácija), воздухопла́вание (ru) n (vozduxoplávanije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: авијација f, ваздухопловство n, зракопловство n

  Roman: avijacija (sh) f, vazduhoplovstvo n, zrakoplovstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: letectvo n
• Slovene: letalstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: aviación (es) f
• Swahili: elimu ya rubani
• Swedish: flyg (sv) n, luftfart (sv) c, flygväsen n
• Tagalog: abyasyon
• Tajik: ҳавонавардӣ (havonavardi), авиатсия (tg) (aviatsiya)
• Thai: การบิน (th) (gaan-bin)
• Turkish: havacılık (tr)
• Turkmen: awiasiýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: авіа́ція (uk) f (aviácija), повітропла́вання n (povitroplávannja)
• Urdu: ہَوا بازی f (havā bāzī)
• Uzbek: aviatsiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: hàng không (vi) (航空)
• Walloon: aviåcion (wa) f

Further reading

• “aviation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

Coined by French journalist Guillaume Joseph Gabriel La Landelle in 1863 together with aviateur; from Latin avis (“bird”) +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vja.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Hyphenation: a‧via‧tion

Noun

aviation f (plural aviations)

2. aviation (art or science of flying)

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: авиа́ция (aviácija)
• → Catalan: aviació
• → Italian: aviazione
• → Russian: авиа́ция (aviácija) (see there for further descendants)
• → Spanish: aviación
  • → Tagalog: abyasyon
• → Ukrainian: авіа́ція (aviácija)

Further reading

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