triplane

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Italic *tri-

Latin tri-der.

English tri-

English plane

English triplane

From tri- + plane.

Adjective

triplane (comparative more triplane, superlative most triplane)

1. Composed of, or relating to, three planes (flat surfaces extending infinitely in all directions).

Noun

triplane (plural triplanes)

1. (aviation) An airplane that has three pairs of wings, one above the others

Translations

airplane that has three pairs of wings

• Dutch: driedekker (nl) m
• Finnish: kolmitaso
• German: Dreidecker (de) m
• Italian: triplano (it) m
• Japanese: 三葉機 (さんようき, san'yōki)
• Korean: 삼엽기(三葉機) (samyeopgi)
• Polish: trójpłatowiec (pl) m, trójpłat (pl) m
• Russian: трипла́н (ru) m (triplán)
• Spanish: triplano (es) m
• Swedish: triplan n

See also

• monoplane
• biplane

Anagrams

• pantiler, repliant, interlap, trapline