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Meaning of airplane | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2 Standard
ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n

Definitions

  1. aeroplane, airplane, plane
  2. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
    Canada, Philippines, US
  3. hopscotch
  4. A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth.
    Canada, Philippines, US
  5. martin, swallow

Equivalents

Afrikaans vliegtuig
Azərbaycanca təyyarə
Беларуская аэрапла́н самалёт
Català avió
Čeština letadlo letoun
Cymraeg awyren
Español aeroplano avión
Eesti lennuk
Euskara hegazkin
Suomi lentokone
Français aéroplane Avion
Gaeilge eitleán
Gàidhlig itealan
Galego aeroplano avión
ગુજરાતી વિમાન
Hausa jirgin samà
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi mokulele
Íslenska flugvél
日本語 航空機 飛行機
Қазақша ұшақ
한국어 비행기 항공기
Кыргызча учак
Latina aeroplanum
Lingála avio mpepo
Lietuvių lėktuvas
Malagasy fiaramanidina
Te Reo Māori rererangi wakarere
Македонски авион
മലയാളം വിമാനം
मराठी विमान
Bahasa Melayu kapal terbang
Malti ajruplan
မြန်မာဘာသာ လေယာဉ်ပျံ
नेपाली हवाईजहाज
Nederlands vliegtuig
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਜਹਾਜ਼
Polski aeroplan samolot
پښتو الوتکه
Português aeroplano avião
Română aeroplan avion
Slovenčina lietadlo
Slovenščina letalo
Gagana Sāmoa vaʻalele
ChiShona ndege
Српски aeroplan avion авион
Kiswahili eropleni ndege
தமிழ் விமானம்
తెలుగు విమానము
Türkmençe aeroplan uçar
Türkçe tayyare uçak
Українська аероплан літа́к
Tiếng Việt máy bay phi cơ tàu bay

Examples

“So, he'd take a spoon and he'd start playing airplane, circling the spoon around in the air until it was ready to land in the runway of my mouth.”
“Willis wondered what this fellow wanted to do, spoon feed him? Play airplane?”
“For instance, Jan has taken to playing airplane with the spoon to get Charley to attend to the spoon and want to take it into his mouth.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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