wingspan

English

A diagram comparing the median wingspans of pelican species.

Wingspan of an airplane.

Etymology

From wing +‎ span.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪŋ.spæn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

wingspan (plural wingspans)

1. The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).

   Synonym: wingspread

   The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird.

   The Airbus A380 has one of the largest wingspans among aircraft; only a few surpass it.

2. Synonym of arm span.

Translations

the distance from left wingtip to right

• Catalan: envergadura f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翼展 (zh) (yìzhǎn)

• Czech: rozpětí křídel n
• Danish: vingefang n
• Dutch: spanwijdte (nl)
• Esperanto: enverguro
• Finnish: siipien kärkiväli, siipiväli (fi), kärkiväli
• French: envergure (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრთების შლილი (prtebis šlili), ფრთათშორისი განი (prtatšorisi gani)
• German: Flügelspannweite (de) f, Spannweite (de) f
• Hungarian: szárnyfesztávolság, fesztávolság (hu), fesztáv (hu), szárnyszélesség (hu)
• Icelandic: vænghaf (is) n
• Irish: réise sciathán f
• Italian: apertura alare (it) f
• Khakas: талбас (talbas)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vingespenn n

  Nynorsk: vengespenn n

• Polish: rozpiętość skrzydeł f
• Portuguese: envergadura (pt) f
• Russian: разма́х кры́льев m (razmáx krýlʹjev)
• Spanish: envergadura (es) f
• Swedish: vingbredd
• Welsh: lled esgyll m (aviation), lled adenydd m

Anagrams

• pawnings, spawning, swing pan