Meaning of airplane | Babel Free
ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯nDefinitions
- aeroplane, airplane, plane
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A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings. Canada, Philippines, US
- hopscotch
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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
- martin, swallow
Equivalents
Afrikaans
vliegtuig
Azərbaycanca
təyyarə
Català
avió
Cymraeg
awyren
Deutsch
Flugzeug n Flieger
Eesti
lennuk
Euskara
hegazkin
Suomi
lentokone
Gaeilge
eitleán
Gàidhlig
itealan
ગુજરાતી
વિમાન
Hausa
jirgin samà
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
mokulele
Íslenska
flugvél
Қазақша
ұшақ
Кыргызча
учак
Latina
aeroplanum
Lietuvių
lėktuvas
Malagasy
fiaramanidina
Македонски
авион
മലയാളം
വിമാനം
मराठी
विमान
Bahasa Melayu
kapal terbang
Malti
ajruplan
မြန်မာဘာသာ
လေယာဉ်ပျံ
नेपाली
हवाईजहाज
Nederlands
vliegtuig
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਜਹਾਜ਼
پښتو
الوتکه
Slovenčina
lietadlo
Slovenščina
letalo
Gagana Sāmoa
vaʻalele
ChiShona
ndege
தமிழ்
விமானம்
తెలుగు
విమానము
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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