avion

See also: avión and Avion

Esperanto

Noun

avion

1. accusative singular of avio

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Finnish

Noun

avion

1. Genitive singular form of avio.

Anagrams

• aivon, avoin, nivoa, novia, oivan, ovina, vaino, vaoin, vinoa, voina

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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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vjɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

avion m (plural avions)

1. aeroplane

   Synonym: (dated) 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

• avion à réaction
• avion citerne
• avion de chasse
• avion de combat
• avion de ligne
• avion ravitailleur
• avion renifleur
• mode avion

 

Related terms

• aviateur
• avion-cargo
• avionique
• avionneur

Descendants

• → Catalan: avió
• → Esperanto: avio
• → Galician: avión
• → Luxembourgish: Avion
• → Portuguese: avião
  • → Hunsrik: Aviong
• → Spanish: avión
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: abion
  • → Zoogocho Zapotec: avión

Further reading

• “avion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvjon/

Noun

avion (plural aviones)

1. airplane

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey)

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Noun

avion m (plural avions)

1. (Jersey) airplane

Derived terms

• avion à réaction (“jet”)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈvjon/

Noun

avion n (plural avioane)

1. aeroplane, airplane

Declension

Declension of avion

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) avion	avionul	(niște) avioane	avioanele
genitive/dative	(unui) avion	avionului	(unor) avioane	avioanelor
vocative	avionule		avioanelor

Related terms

• aeroport
• pilot

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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

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

Synonyms

• (Croatian) zrȁkoplōv