aeroplane
Meanings
Plural: aeroplanes
Noun
- an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
- Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
- Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
Verb
- To fly in an aeroplane.
- To transport by aeroplane.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”). First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Aircraft_Design/NeHoahlhCGMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joseph+Pline+glider&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover;https://books.google.at/books?id=fSQUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA768&dq=Joseph+Pline+brevet+1855&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgk5Cz_a_wAhXZhf0HHdjNAJwQ6AEwAnoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=Joseph%20Pline%20brevet%201855&f=false
Scrabble Score: 11
aeroplane is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordaeroplane is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
aeroplane is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
aeroplane is a valid Words With Friends word