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Plural of airplane

regular plural

The plural of airplane is airplanes.

Forms of airplane

Singularairplane /ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/
Pluralairplanes
Countablecountable

Airplanes in a sentence

  • They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages.
  • He cut his teeth on flying model airplanes as a child, so aeronautical engineering came naturally.From the entry cut one's teeth
  • Repeated incidents of air rage have led to stricter security on airplanes.From the entry air rage
  • Airplanes did not always exist as a form of transportation.From the entry always
  • He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes.From the entry model

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.

Full definition of airplane

Questions about the plural of airplane

What is the plural of airplane?
The plural of airplane is airplanes.
Is airplane countable?
Airplane is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: airplane (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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