wingspan

English

Etymology

wing +‎ span

Noun

wingspan (plural wingspans)

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

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

Synonyms

• wingspread

Translations

the distance from left wingtip to right

• Catalan: envergadura f
• Czech: rozpětí křídel n
• Danish: vingefang n
• Dutch: spanwijdte (nl)
• Esperanto: enverguro
• Finnish: siipien kärkiväli, siipiväli, kärkiväli
• French: envergure (fr) f
• Georgian: ფრთების შლილი (prtebis šlili), ფრთათშორისი განი (prtatšorisi gani)
• German: Flügelspannweite (de) f, Spannweite (de) f
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• Hungarian: szárnyfesztávolság
• Icelandic: vænghaf (is) n
• Italian: apertura alare (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vingespenn n

• Polish: rozpiętość skrzydeł f
• Portuguese: envergadura (pt) f
• Spanish: envergadura (es) f

Anagrams

• pawnings, spawning, swing pan