avion

See also: avión and Avion

Esperanto

Noun

avion

  1. accusative singular of avio

Finnish

Noun

avion

  1. Genitive singular form of avio.

Anagrams


French

Etymology

Named 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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

avion m (plural avions)

  1. aeroplane
    Synonym: aéroplane (dated)
    Regarde comme cet avion vole vite !
    Look how quick 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!
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. “avion,aéroplane”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer, accessed March 14, 2019

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈvjon/

Noun

avion (plural aviones)

  1. airplane

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

avion m (plural avions)

  1. (Jersey) airplane

Derived terms


Romanian

Etymology

French avion

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈvjon/

Noun

avion n (plural avioane)

  1. aeroplane, airplane

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French avion.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

avìōn m (Cyrillic spelling авѝо̄н)

  1. airplane, aeroplane
  2. aircraft

Declension

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