avion

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French avion.

Noun

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avion m (plural avionë)

  1. aeroplane, airplane
    Synonym: aeroplan

References

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  • “avión,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 77a

Esperanto

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Noun

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avion

  1. accusative singular of avio

Finnish

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Noun

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avion

  1. genitive singular of avio

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French

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Etymology

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    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

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

    Noun

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    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!

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    Descendants

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    • 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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    Interlingua

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    avion (plural aviones)

    1. airplane

    Norman

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French avion.

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    avion m (plural avions)

    1. (Jersey) airplane

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    Romanian

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    Borrowed from French avion.

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    avion n (plural avioane)

    1. aeroplane, airplane

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    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology

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    From French avion.

    Pronunciation

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

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    avìōn m (Cyrillic spelling авѝо̄н)

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

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