Aircraft in Different Languages
Discover 'Aircraft' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Aircraft
Afrikaans vliegtuie | ||
Albanian avionëve | ||
Amharic አውሮፕላን | ||
Arabic الطائرات | ||
Armenian ինքնաթիռ | ||
Assamese বিমান | ||
Aymara avión ukanaka | ||
Azerbaijani təyyarə | ||
Bambara awiyɔnw | ||
Basque hegazkinak | ||
Belarusian самалёты | ||
Bengali বিমান | ||
Bhojpuri विमान के इस्तेमाल कइल जाला | ||
Bosnian avion | ||
Bulgarian самолет | ||
Catalan avió | ||
Cebuano eroplano | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 飞机 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 飛機 | ||
Corsican aviò | ||
Croatian zrakoplov | ||
Czech letadlo | ||
Danish fly | ||
Dhivehi މަތިންދާބޯޓުތަކެވެ | ||
Dogri हवाई जहाज | ||
Dutch vliegtuig | ||
English aircraft | ||
Esperanto aviadilo | ||
Estonian lennuk | ||
Ewe yameʋuwo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sasakyang panghimpapawid | ||
Finnish ilma-alus | ||
French avion | ||
Frisian fleantúch | ||
Galician avión | ||
Georgian თვითმფრინავი | ||
German flugzeug | ||
Greek αεροσκάφος | ||
Guarani aviõ rehegua | ||
Gujarati વિમાન | ||
Haitian Creole avyon | ||
Hausa jirgin sama | ||
Hawaiian mokulele | ||
Hebrew כְּלִי טַיִס | ||
Hindi हवाई जहाज | ||
Hmong dav hlau | ||
Hungarian repülőgép | ||
Icelandic flugvélar | ||
Igbo ugbo elu | ||
Ilocano eroplano | ||
Indonesian pesawat terbang | ||
Irish aerárthach | ||
Italian aeromobili | ||
Japanese 航空機 | ||
Javanese pesawat | ||
Kannada ವಿಮಾನ | ||
Kazakh ұшақ | ||
Khmer យន្តហោះ | ||
Kinyarwanda indege | ||
Konkani विमानांतल्यान तयार जातात | ||
Korean 항공기 | ||
Krio plen dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ ple | ||
Kurdish firrok | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فڕۆکە | ||
Kyrgyz учак | ||
Lao ເຮືອບິນ | ||
Latin elit | ||
Latvian lidmašīna | ||
Lingala mpɛpɔ | ||
Lithuanian orlaivis | ||
Luganda ennyonyi | ||
Luxembourgish fliger | ||
Macedonian авиони | ||
Maithili विमान | ||
Malagasy fiaramanidina | ||
Malay kapal terbang | ||
Malayalam വിമാനം | ||
Maltese ajruplan | ||
Maori wakarererangi | ||
Marathi विमान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯌꯔꯛꯔꯥꯐꯠꯁꯤꯡ ꯌꯥꯑꯣꯔꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo thlawhna a ni | ||
Mongolian нисэх онгоц | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လေယာဉ်ပျံ | ||
Nepali विमान | ||
Norwegian luftfartøy | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ndege | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିମାନ | ||
Oromo xiyyaara | ||
Pashto الوتکه | ||
Persian هواپیما | ||
Polish samolot | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aeronave | ||
Punjabi ਜਹਾਜ਼ | ||
Quechua avionkuna | ||
Romanian aeronave | ||
Russian самолет | ||
Samoan vaalele | ||
Sanskrit विमानम् | ||
Scots Gaelic itealan | ||
Sepedi sefofane | ||
Serbian авиона | ||
Sesotho sefofane | ||
Shona ndege | ||
Sindhi جهاز | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගුවන් යානා | ||
Slovak lietadlo | ||
Slovenian letala | ||
Somali diyaarad | ||
Spanish aeronave | ||
Sundanese kapal terbang | ||
Swahili ndege | ||
Swedish flygplan | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sasakyang panghimpapawid | ||
Tajik ҳавопаймо | ||
Tamil விமானம் | ||
Tatar самолет | ||
Telugu విమానాల | ||
Thai อากาศยาน | ||
Tigrinya ነፈርቲ | ||
Tsonga swihahampfhuka | ||
Turkish uçak | ||
Turkmen uçar | ||
Twi (Akan) wimhyɛn a wɔde di dwuma | ||
Ukrainian літака | ||
Urdu ہوائی جہاز | ||
Uyghur ئايروپىلان | ||
Uzbek samolyot | ||
Vietnamese phi cơ | ||
Welsh awyrennau | ||
Xhosa inqwelomoya | ||
Yiddish ערקראַפט | ||
Yoruba baalu | ||
Zulu indiza |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Vliegtuie" is derived from the Dutch words "vliegen" (to fly) and "tuig" (tool or apparatus), so it literally means "flying tool". |
| Albanian | The word "avionëve" comes from the French word "avion". Similar to English, in Albanian "avionëve" can also refers to airplanes in the board game chess. |
| Amharic | The word "አውሮፕላን" is derived from the Greek words "αερο" (air) and "πλάνος" (wandering). |
| Arabic | The word "الطائرات" (plural of "طائرة") is derived from the Arabic root "طير" (to fly), and originally referred to any kind of flying object, including birds. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "təyyarə" derives from the Ottoman Turkish word "tayyare", which itself is of French origin and means "flying machine". |
| Basque | Hegazkinak, or “flying machine” in Basque, is formed by two words: hegaz (“fly”) and kin (“machine”). |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "самалёты" is a cognate of the Russian word "самолёты", which is itself derived from the French word "avion". It is also related to the Belarusian word "самалёты" (airplane). |
| Bengali | The word "বিমান" (aircraft) in Bengali also means "to fly" or "to soar". |
| Bosnian | Bosnian "avion" comes from French "avion", which ultimately derives from Latin "avis" (bird). |
| Bulgarian | The word "самолет" is derived from the Russian word "самолет" and was first used in Bulgarian in the 1920s. The word literally means "self-flying". |
| Catalan | The word "avió" in Catalan is derived from the Latin word "avis" (bird), and it also means "large bird" in some contexts. |
| Cebuano | The word "eroplano" comes from the Spanish word "aeroplano", which itself derives from the Greek words "aer" (air) and "planos" (wandering), and originally referred specifically to airplanes. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, "飞机" literally means 'flying machine' and can also refer to an airplane, a model plane, or a paper airplane. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The first character of "飛機" (「飛」) means "to fly", while the second character (「機」) can also mean "machine", suggesting the combination of flight and machinery. |
| Corsican | The word "aviò" in Corsican is derived from the Italian word "aereo". |
| Croatian | The word "zrakoplov" is a compound word composed of the Slavic roots "zrak" (air) and "plov" (sailor). |
| Czech | The word was formed after World War I from "let-" (to fly) and "adlo" (a tool) |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "fly" can also mean "to float" or "to drift away". |
| Dutch | In addition to "aircraft," "vliegtuig" can also refer to the paper airplane as the literal translation is "flying thing." |
| Esperanto | "Aviadilo" combines "avi" (bird) and "adilo" (device), but can also refer to birds and their flight. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "lennuk" is derived from the word "lendama", which means "to fly". |
| Finnish | "Ilma" means "air" and "alus" means "vessel" or "craft" |
| French | The French word "avion" is derived from the Latin word "avis", meaning "bird", and was originally used to refer to a flying machine that imitated the flight of birds. |
| Galician | The word "avión" in Galician also refers to a kite, as well as the part of a plow that opens the earth. |
| German | The German word "Flugzeug" literally translates to "Flying Stuff". |
| Greek | The suffix “-σκάφος” (“-skaphos”) means a vessel, thus referring to the hull of the aircraft. |
| Gujarati | The word "વિમાન" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विमान" (vimāna), which originally meant "temple" or "palace". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "avyon" comes from the French word "avion" and also means "airplane" in English. |
| Hausa | "Jirgin sama" derives from Arabic and literally means "flying machine". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "mokulele" can also refer to a flying instrument or a large bird. |
| Hebrew | The first documented use of the noun “כלי טיס” in written Hebrew was in 1926 |
| Hindi | The word 'हवाई जहाज' (aircraft) originally referred to an 'air ship' in Hindi, but now refers to any flying machine heavier than air. |
| Hmong | 'Dav hlau' is derived from the Thai word 'dawb plao' ('flying boat'). |
| Hungarian | The word "repülőgép" is derived from the verbs "repül" (to fly) and "gép" (machine), and literally means "flying machine". |
| Icelandic | "Flugvélar" is the Icelandic word for "aircraft," and is formed from the words "flugm" (flight) and "vél" (machine). |
| Igbo | The Igbo term "ugbo elu" translates literally to "bird of the sky," an apt description of an aircraft soaring through the air. |
| Indonesian | Pesawat terbang' is derived from the Indonesian word 'pesawat' ('machine') and 'terbang' ('to fly'). |
| Italian | Aeromobili is a plural noun that refers to aircraft, including planes, helicopters, and other flying machines. |
| Japanese | "航空" originally meant "aeronautics" but now refers specifically to aircraft. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "pesawat" is also used to refer to a wooden frame used to shape batik patterns. |
| Kannada | The word "ವಿಮಾನ" (vimana) also has a spiritual connotation in Hinduism, referring to a celestial chariot used by deities. |
| Kazakh | The word "ұшақ" (aircraft) comes from the Russian word "ушак" (ear), which is a reference to the shape of the wing. |
| Khmer | The word យន្តហោះ may also refer to a flying machine or a spacecraft. |
| Korean | The word 항공기 ('aircraft') is a compound of the Sino-Korean terms 항 ('flight') and 공기 ('air'), but it can also refer to a 'flight' or 'flight route'. |
| Kurdish | The word "firrok" also means "sparrow" in Kurdish, referring to the small size and swift movement of aircraft. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "учак" is derived from the Turkic verb "uçmak", meaning "to fly". It can also refer to a kite or a bird. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ເຮືອບິນ" ('aircraft') is derived from the Thai word "เรือบิน", which literally means "flying boat". |
| Latin | The Latin word "elit" is also a past passive participle of "eligere" and means "chosen, selected". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "lidmašīna" comes from the German word "Flugmaschine" and is literally translated as "flying machine". |
| Lithuanian | The word 'orlaivis' is a calque on the German word 'Flugzeug,' meaning 'flying device'. |
| Luxembourgish | Although "Fliger" is the standard word for "aircraft" in Luxembourgish, it also means "glider". |
| Macedonian | The word "авиони" originally referred to a type of bird, now known as the "avifauna". |
| Malagasy | The word "fiaramanidina" literally means "that which flies" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word 'kapal terbang' comes from two root words: 'kapal' (ship) and 'terbang' (to fly), reflecting the original perception of aircraft as ships that sail through the air. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "വിമാനം" is derived from the Sanskrit equivalent, which in turn comes from the words "vi" (apart, asunder) and "mana" (mind). Hence, it originally meant "separation from the mind" and, only by extension, came to refer to the concept of an "aircraft". |
| Maltese | "Ajruplan" also means "airplane" in Maltese, coming from "air" and "plan" (English). |
| Maori | The word "wakarererangi" literally means "canoe that sails in the sky" in Maori. |
| Marathi | विमान also means 'temple of God' in Sanskrit and many Indian languages. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word for 'aircraft', 'нисэх онгоц', literally means 'flying ship'. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "विमान" comes from the Sanskrit word "विमान" which also means "temple" or "palace". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "Luftfartøy", meaning "aircraft", literally translates to "air-faring vessel". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Ndege" also means "bird" in Nyanja, reflecting the shared concept of flying through the air. |
| Pashto | The word comes from Persian "آلوده" and "که" and means "place of the unclean" and has been used for both airplanes and ships in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "هواپیما" is a compound word that literally means "flying boat" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "samolot" in Polish literally translates to "self-flying". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Aeronave" is also a term for a |
| Punjabi | The word “ਜਹਾਜ਼” can also figuratively refer to something that's grand, majestic, or imposing. |
| Romanian | Aeronave can also mean "airborne vehicle" in Romanian. |
| Russian | Самолет' also translates to 'self-plane,' indicating its ability to fly independently. |
| Samoan | The word "vaalele" is also used to describe a bird's flight. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Itealan" also means "eagle" in Scots Gaelic, a bird known for its soaring flight. |
| Serbian | The word “авиона” has a Greek origin and means “air ship” or “flying ship”. |
| Sesotho | The word "sefofane" in Sesotho is borrowed from the English word "aeroplane". |
| Shona | The word 'ndege' in Shona originally meant a 'bird' and is linguistically related to the word for 'animal'. It has since come to mean 'aircraft'. |
| Sindhi | The word "ﺟ جهاز" is also used in Sindhi to refer to a dowry given to a bride at the time of marriage. |
| Slovak | The word "lietadlo" means both "aircraft" and "flying machine" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "letala" in Slovenian is related to the word "letati", meaning "to fly". |
| Somali | The word "diyaarad" is also used to refer to a "bird" |
| Spanish | The word "aeronave" in Spanish originates from the Greek words "aēr" (air) and "naus" (ship), and it can also refer to a spacecraft or a balloon. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kapal terbang" translates into English as either "flying ship" or "airplane" and reflects the Indonesian language influence on this term as "kapal" means "ship" and "terbang" means "to fly". |
| Swahili | The word "ndege" also means bird in Swahili, and was originally used to describe airplanes because they flew like birds. |
| Swedish | While flyg means fly, plan means flat surface or plane in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | It's literally translated as "vehicle for the atmosphere". |
| Tajik | The word “ҳавопаймо” originates from the Persian word “هواپیما”, which literally means “air walker”. |
| Tamil | "விமானம்" (aircraft) comes from the Sanskrit word "vimana", which also refers to a mythical flying machine from ancient Indian texts. |
| Telugu | విమానం (vimānam) is a Sanskrit term that originally referred to a "temple chariot" and later came to mean "aircraft". |
| Thai | The word "อากาศยาน" can also mean "air vehicle" or "flying machine" in Thai. |
| Turkish | "Uçak" originally meant "to fly" in the Turkic languages, but later came to be used specifically for aircraft. |
| Ukrainian | "Літак" is a Ukrainian word used to refer to an airplane or aircraft. The word is derived from the verb "літати" (litati), which means "to fly". |
| Urdu | The word "ہوائی جہاز" means "of the air" and has a different meaning than the English word "aircraft". |
| Uzbek | The word "samolyot" comes from the Russian word "самолёт" which means "self-flying". The word was first coined by Russian aviation pioneer Aleksandr Mozhaisky in the late 19th century. |
| Vietnamese | "Phi cơ" is a Sino-Vietnamese word, derived from Chinese "飞机", meaning "flying machine", which in turn originated from French "aéroplane". |
| Welsh | Originally, 'awyrennau' meant 'wings', but its meaning shifted to refer to the aircraft carrying them. |
| Xhosa | Its alternate spelling is "inqwelomoya", which translates to "a thing that carries wind". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ערקראַפט" (aircraft) comes from the German "Luftfahrzeug" (air vehicle), and can also mean "airship" or "balloon". |
| Yoruba | The root of the Yoruba word 'baalu', meaning 'aircraft', is most likely the verb 'balu', meaning 'to fly'. |
| Zulu | The word "indiza" also means "something that is carried on the back, such as a bag or a child" in Zulu. |
| English | "Aircraft" originally meant "airship" but came to refer to all flying machines. |