avion

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See also: avión and Avion

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Noun

avion m (plural avionë)

  1. aeroplane, airplane
    Synonym: aeroplan

References

  • “avión,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 77a

Esperanto

Noun

avion

  1. accusative singular of avio

Finnish

Noun

avion

  1. genitive singular of avio

Anagrams

French

Etymology

    Coined by French inventor and engineer Clément Ader for a patent application. From earlier Avion (1875), from Latin avis (bird) +‎ -on, replacing earlier aéroplane after WWI.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.vjɔ̃/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

    Noun

    avion m (plural avions)

    1. airplane
      Synonym: (obsolete) aéroplane
      Regarde comme cet avion vole vite !Look how fast this plane flies!
      • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince:
        – Qu’est ce que c’est que cette chose-là? – Ce n’est pas une chose. Ça vole. C’est un avion. C’est mon avion. Et j’étais fier de lui apprendre que je volais. Alors il s’écria: – Comment! tu es tombé du ciel!
        — What is that thing? — That's not a thing. It flies. It's an airplane. It's my airplane. And I was proud to teach him that I was flying. Then he exclaimed: — What! You fell from the sky!

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Bulgarian: авион (avion)
    • Catalan: avió
    • Esperanto: avio
    • Galician: avión
    • Haitian Creole: avyon
    • Luxembourgish: Avion
    • Macedonian: авион (avion)
    • Mauritian Creole: avyon
    • Occitan: avion
    • Portuguese: avião
    • Romanian: avion
    • Serbo-Croatian: avion
    • Seychellois Creole: avyon
    • Slovene: avion
    • Spanish: avión
      • Southeastern Tepehuan: abion
      • Zoogocho Zapotec: avión

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    Further reading

    Interlingua

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    avion (plural aviones)

    1. airplane

    Norman

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French avion.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    avion m (plural avions)

    1. (Jersey) airplane

    Derived terms

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French avion.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    avion n (plural avioane)

    1. aeroplane, airplane

    Declension

    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative avion avionul avioane avioanele
    genitive-dative avion avionului avioane avioanelor
    vocative avionule avioanelor

    Serbo-Croatian

    Etymology

    From French avion.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aʋǐoːn/
    • Hyphenation: a‧vi‧on

    Noun

    avìōn m (Cyrillic spelling авѝо̄н)

    1. airplane, aeroplane
      Synonyms: vazduhoplov, aeroplan
    2. aircraft
      Synonym: letelica

    Declension

    Synonyms