monoplane

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ plane. The aviation sense was formed by analogy with biplane; compare French monoplan, as well as the earlier English aeroplane, multiplane, and triplane.

Adjective

monoplane (not comparable)

1. Composed of, or relating to, a single plane (flat surface extending infinitely in all directions).

   Synonyms: monoplanar, uniplanar

Noun

monoplane (plural monoplanes)

1. (aviation) An airplane that has a single pair of wings.

   Coordinate terms: biplane, triplane

   By the mid-1930s, designs for new fighters and bombers were almost all monoplane designs.

Translations

airplane that has a single pair of wings

• Afrikaans: eendekker
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單翼機／单翼机 (dānyìjī)

• Czech: jednoplošník (cs) m
• Dutch: eendekker (nl) m
• Finnish: yksitaso (fi)
• German: Eindecker m
• Greek: μονοπλάνο (el) n (monopláno)
• Japanese: 単葉機 (たんようき, tan'yōki)
• Korean: 단엽기(單葉機) (danyeopgi)
• Polish: jednopłatowiec m, jednopłat (pl) m
• Romanian: monoplan (ro) n
• Russian: монопла́н (ru) m (monoplán)
• Swedish: monoplan n

Verb

monoplane (third-person singular simple present monoplanes, present participle monoplaning, simple past and past participle monoplaned)

1. (rare) To fly in a monoplane.

See also

• biplane
• triplane
• parasol

Italian

Adjective

monoplane

1. feminine plural of monoplano