Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To fly in an aeroplane.

  2. (transitive)To transport by aeroplane.

Examples

69 sentences

  1. The paper aeroplane slowly glided to the ground.

    ruБумажный самолётик медленно спланировал на землю. — Ooneykcall

    deDas Papierflugzeug sank langsam zur Erde. — landano

    Ronaldonl · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Tom is good at making paper aeroplanes.

    Том уміє добре робити паперові літачки. — deniko

    deniko · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Aeroplanes are expensive.

    Літаки дорогі. — deniko

    ruСамолёты дорогие. — AHuMELLIHuK

    deniko · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. The aeroplane was just taking off.

    deDas Flugzeug war gerade dabei zu starten. — Esperantostern

    sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. The aeroplane is at the airport.

    deDas Flugzeug befindet sich am Flughafen. — giefingl

    sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in a

Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”), equivalent to aero- + plane. First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false

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Forms

aeroplanes, aeroplaning, aeroplaned, aeroplaned
Base formaeroplane · to aeroplane
3rd person singularaeroplanes
Present participleaeroplaning
Past simpleaeroplaned
Past participleaeroplaned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaeroplane
he, she, itaeroplanes

Past simpleLesson

all personsaeroplaned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave aeroplaned
he, she, ithas aeroplaned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill aeroplane

Word family

4 related words
RelatedaircraftB2airplaneA1helicopterB2glider

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aerobicsB1aerodynamicaerodynamicsaerogelaerospaceaestheticC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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