avion

See also: avión, Avion, and Avión

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Noun

avion m (plural avionë)

1. aeroplane

   Synonyms: aeroplan, balonë

References

• “avión,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 77a

Further reading

• “avion”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “avion”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvion/

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• Rhymes: -ion
• Syllabification: a‧vi‧on

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

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avion

Etymology

Coined 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, chapter III, in Le petit prince [The Little Prince], New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 13:

     – 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 aeroplane. It's my aeroplane. 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

• Haitian Creole: avyon
• Mauritian Creole: avion
• ⇒ Réunion Creole French: laviyon
• Seychellois Creole: avyon

• → Bambara: awiyɔn
• → Bulgarian: авион (avion)
• → Catalan: avió
• → Esperanto: avio
• → Galician: avión
• → Luxembourgish: Avion
• → Macedonian: авион (avion)
• → Occitan: avion
• → Portuguese: avião
  • → Guajajára: àwiàw
  • → Hunsrik: Aviong
• → Romanian: avion
  • → Gagauz: avion
• → Serbo-Croatian: avion
• → Slovene: 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

Gagauz

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian avion, from French avion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avˈjon/
• Hyphenation: av‧yon

Noun

avion (definite accusative avionu, plural avionnar)

1. synonym of uçak (“aeroplane”)

Interlingua

Etymology

Ultimately from French avion. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvjon/

Noun

avion (plural aviones)

1. aeroplane

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• avyon

Etymology

From French avion.

Noun

avion

1. aeroplane

References

• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 158

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

avion m (plural avions)

1. (Jersey) aeroplane

Derived terms

• avion à réaction (“jet”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvjon/

• Audio:

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Noun

avion n (plural avioane)

1. aeroplane

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	avion	avionul	avioane	avioanele
genitive-dative	avion	avionului	avioane	avioanelor
vocative	avionule		avioanelor

Related terms

• aeroport
• pilot

Descendants

• → Gagauz: avion

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

avìōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling авѝо̄н)

1. aeroplane

   Synonyms: vazduhoplov, aeroplan, (Croatia) zrȁkoplōv

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

Further reading

• “avion”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026