aeroplaneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• aëroplane (dated)
• airplane (米国用法, Canada, Philippines)
• æroplane (一般的ではない用法, dated)

語源

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.[1];[2]

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛə.ɹə.pleɪn/

名詞

aeroplane (複数形 aeroplanes)

1. (aviation, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore, Canada) Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
2. (aeronautics, archaic, obsolete) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

使用する際の注意点

• Aeroplane was the predominant spelling in the US until the 1920s, and is still used idiolectally among some American speakers.
• Canada officially uses aeroplane, but the spelling airplane has become much more common as a result of US influence.
• Airplane has also become a usual variant in most other areas, but is considered informal.

派生語

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動詞

aeroplane (三人称単数 現在形 aeroplanes, 現在分詞 aeroplaning, 過去形および過去分詞形 aeroplaned)

1. (intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
2. (transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
   • 1919, The American Angler (volume 4, page 221)

     The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff.

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