avion

See also: avión and Avion

Esperanto

Noun

avion

1. accusative singular of avio

Finnish

Noun

avion

1. genitive singular of avio

Anagrams

• aivon, avoin, nivoa, novia, oivan, ovina, vaino, vaoin, vinoa, voina

French

Etymology

Named by French inventor and engineer Clément Ader for a patent application. From earlier Avion (1875), from Latin avis (“bird”) +‎ -on, replacing earlier aéroplane after WWI.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vjɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

avion m (plural avions)

1. aeroplane

   Synonym: (obsolete) aéroplane

   Regarde comme cet avion vole vite ! ― Look how fast this plane flies!

   • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince:

     – Qu’est ce que c’est que cette chose-là? – Ce n’est pas une chose. Ça vole. C’est un avion. C’est mon avion. Et j’étais fier de lui apprendre que je volais. Alors il s’écria: – Comment! tu es tombé du ciel!

     — What is that thing? — That's not a thing. It flies. It's an airplane. It's my airplane. And I was proud to teach him that I was flying. Then he exclaimed: — What! You fell from the sky!

Derived terms

• avion à réaction
• avion citerne
• avion de chasse
• avion de combat
• avion de ligne
• avion ravitailleur
• avion renifleur
• mode avion

 

Related terms

• aviateur
• avion-cargo
• avionique
• avionneur

Descendants

• → Catalan: avió
• → Esperanto: avio
• → Galician: avión
• → Luxembourgish: Avion
• → Portuguese: avião
  • → Hunsrik: Aviong
• → Romanian: avion
• → Serbo-Croatian: avion
• → Spanish: avión
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: abion
  • → Zoogocho Zapotec: avión

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvjon/

Noun

avion (plural aviones)

1. airplane

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

avion m (plural avions)

1. (Jersey) airplane

Derived terms

• avion à réaction (“jet”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvjon/

Noun

avion n (plural avioane)

1. aeroplane, airplane

Declension

Declension of avion

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) avion	avionul	(niște) avioane	avioanele
genitive/dative	(unui) avion	avionului	(unor) avioane	avioanelor
vocative	avionule		avioanelor

Related terms

• aeroport
• pilot

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French avion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʋǐoːn/
• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧on

Noun

avìōn m (Cyrillic spelling авѝо̄н)

1. airplane, aeroplane

   Synonyms: vazduhoplov, aeroplan

2. aircraft

   Synonym: letelica

Declension

Declension of avion

	singular	plural
nominative	avion	avioni
genitive	aviona	aviona
dative	avionu	avionima
accusative	avion	avione
vocative	avione	avioni
locative	avionu	avionima
instrumental	avionom	avionima

Synonyms

• (Croatian) zrȁkoplōv