Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Canada, Philippines, US)A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.

    on an airplane

    jet airplane

    an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

  2. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.

    (Canada, Philippines, US, usually)One that can carry a person or persons.

    They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages.

    Flugzeug, Flieger, Maschine

    самолётsamoljót, аэропла́нaeroplán

    літа́кliták, аеропла́нaeroplán

  3. Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't powered.

    toy airplane

    paper airplane

  4. (Canada, Philippines, US)A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends that a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth; the spoonful itself.

    Near-synonym: choo-choo train

    Here comes the airplane! Open wide!

Examples

445 sentences
  1. My father can fly an airplane.

    Мій батько вміє крувати літаком.

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  2. I want to travel by airplane.

    Я хочу летіти літаком.

    ruЯ хочу лететь самолётом.

    deIch möchte mit dem Flugzeug reisen.

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  3. I've never flown in an airplane.

    Я ніколи не літав на літаку.

    ruЯ никогда не летал на самолете.

    deIch bin noch nie mit dem Flugzeug geflogen.

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  4. Tom likes to make paper airplanes.

    Том любить робити паперові літачки.

    ruТом любит делать самолётики из бумаги.

    deTom faltet gerne Papierflieger.

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  5. The airplane took off ten minutes ago.

    Літак злетів десять хвилин тому.

    ruСамолёт взлетел десять минут назад.

    deDas Flugzeug hat vor zehn Minuten abgehoben.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
powered aircraft:
Русский
By meaning 1
powered aircraft:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
powered aircraft:

Forms

plural: airplanes

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets:aeroplaneplane

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • an an airplane
  • model airplane
  • a paper airplane
  • paper airplane
  • on the airplane
  • airplane crashed
  • a model airplane

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
airplane — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto