avion
Esperanto
Finnish
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/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔ̃
Noun
avion m (plural avions)
- 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!
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Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “avion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈvjon/
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʋǐoːn/
- Hyphenation: a‧vi‧on
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