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æroplane

æroplane is the nonstandard spelling of aeroplane.

Meaning of aeroplane

Noun

aeroplane (plural aeroplanes)

  1. (Commonwealth) Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
    • Schicklgruber's aeroplanes we smash right to the ground.1944 May 20, Russian Rhapsody, spoken by the gremlins from the Kremlin
    Synonyms:
    airplane
  2. (Commonwealth) Synonym of airplane. A game played when spoon-feeding children.
    Synonyms:
    airplane
  3. (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.
    Synonyms:
    airfoil
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.

See all 6 meanings of aeroplane

Forms of æroplane

pluralæroplanes

Questions about æroplane

What is æroplane the nonstandard spelling of?
Æroplane is the nonstandard spelling of aeroplane.

Words near æroplane in the dictionary

  1. æquivocation
  2. æquivocations
  3. æra
  4. ærarian
  5. æras
  6. æroplane
  7. æroplanes
  8. ærose
  9. æruginous
  10. ærugo
  11. Æs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: æroplane (page history and authors); aeroplane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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