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View synonyms for aeroplane

aeroplane

[ air-uh-pleyn ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

aeroplane

/ ˈɛərəˌpleɪn; ˈɛəˌpleɪn /

noun

  1. a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings

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Word History and Origins

Origin of aeroplane1

1870–75; < French aéroplane, equivalent to aéro- aero- + -plane, apparently feminine of plan flat, level (< Latin plānus; plain 1 ), perhaps by association with forme plane; apparently coined and first used by French sculptor and inventor Joseph Pline in 1855

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Word History and Origins

Origin of aeroplane1

C19: from French aéroplane, from aero- + Greek -planos wandering, related to planet

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