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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024aer•o•plane /ˈɛrəˌpleɪn/USA pronunciation n. Brit.- Aeronautics, British Terms airplane.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aer•o•plane (âr′ə plān′),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]- Aeronautics, British Termsairplane.
- Latin plānus; compare plain1), perh. by association with forme plane; apparently coined and first used by French sculptor and inventor Joseph Pline in 1855
- French aéroplane, equivalent. to aéro- aero- + -plane, apparently feminine of plan flat, level (
- 1870–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aeroplane /ˈɛərəˌpleɪn/, US and Canadian airplane /ˈɛəˌpleɪn/ n - a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings
Etymology: 19th Century: from French aéroplane, from aero- + Greek -planos wandering, related to planet air•plane /ˈɛrˌpleɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Aeronauticsa heavier-than-air craft that has wings and is driven in flight by propellers or jet propulsion.
Also, esp. Brit., aeroplane. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024air•plane (âr′plān′),USA pronunciation n. - Aeronauticsa heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- Aeronauticsany similar heavier-than-air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] aeroplane. - alteration of aeroplane, with air1 replacing aero- 1870–75, for an earlier sense
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