aéroplane
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by French aviation pioneer and sculptor Joseph Pline in 1855, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aéroplane m (plural aéroplanes)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: aeroplane
- → German: Aeroplan
- → Italian: aeroplano
- → Portuguese: aeroplano
- → Romanian: aeroplan
- → Spanish: aeroplano
- → Persian: آیروپلان (âyroplân)
Further reading
[edit]- “aéroplane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.