avion

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Noun

avion m (plural avionë)

  1. aeroplane, airplane
    Synonyms: aeroplan, balonë

References

  • “avión,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe ‎, 1980, page 77a

Further reading

  • “avion”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe ‎, 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “avion”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary

Esperanto

Noun

avion

  1. accusative singular of avio

Finnish

Noun

avion

  1. genitive singular of avio

Anagrams

French

FWOTD – 10 April 2025
avion

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.

    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 Saint-Exupéry, chapter III, in Le petit prince , New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 13:
        – 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

    References

    1. ^ avion, aéroplane at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

    Further reading

    Gagauz

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from Romanian avion, from French avion.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /avˈjon/
    • Hyphenation: av‧yon

    Noun

    avion (definite accusative avionu, plural avionnar)

    1. synonym of uçak (“airplane”)

    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

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

    Descendants

    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, (Croatia) zrȁkoplōv
    2. aircraft
      Synonym: letelica

    Declension

    Declension of avion
    singular plural
    nominative avion avioni
    genitive aviona aviona
    dative avionu avionima
    accusative avion avione
    vocative avione avioni
    locative avionu avionima
    instrumental avionom avionima

    Further reading

    • “avion”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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