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airplane in Malay

kapal terbang

UK/ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n//ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/

airplane in Malay: kapal terbang. In English, airplane means a powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.

Malay words for airplane

powered aircraft
kapal terbang

English meaning of airplane

  1. noun A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.
  2. noun One that can carry a person or persons.
  3. noun Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't powered.
  4. noun A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends that a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth; the spoonful itself.

Full definition of airplane

airplane in a sentence

  • They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages.
  • Near-synonym: choo-choo train
  • Here comes the airplane! Open wide!

Synonyms of airplane

airplane in other languages

Questions about airplane in Malay

What is the meaning of airplane in Malay?
Airplane in Malay is kapal terbang.
Apakah maksud airplane dalam bahasa Melayu?
Airplane: kapal terbang.
What does airplane mean in English?
Airplane means a powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: airplane (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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