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aeroplane

[ air-uh-pleyn ]

noun

Chiefly British.


aeroplane

/ ˈɛərəˌpleɪn; ˈɛəˌpleɪn /

noun

  1. a heavier-than-air powered flying vehicle with fixed wings
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Origin of aeroplane1

1870–75; < French ²¹Ã©°ù´Ç±è±ô²¹²Ô±ð, equivalent to ²¹Ã©°ù´Ç- aero- + -plane, apparently feminine of plan flat, level (< Latin ±è±ôÄå²Ô³Ü²õ; plain 1 ), perhaps by association with forme plane; apparently coined and first used by French sculptor and inventor Joseph Pline in 1855
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aeroplane1

C19: from French ²¹Ã©°ù´Ç±è±ô²¹²Ô±ð, from aero- + Greek -planos wandering, related to planet
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