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avion
airplane /aˈvi.on/
noun#565 most common
Also: plane, aircraft
Example sentences
Avionul zboară sus.
The airplane flies high.
Eu merg cu avionul la Paris.
I am going to Paris by plane.
Avionul a aterizat cu o oră întârziere.
The plane landed an hour late.
Biletele de avion s-au scumpit mult anul acesta.
Plane tickets have gotten much more expensive this year.
Dacă avionul ar fi decolat la timp, am fi ajuns devreme.
If the plane had taken off on time, we would have arrived early.
Zgomotul asurzitor al avioanelor care survolau orașul îi scotea din minți pe locuitori.
The deafening noise of the planes flying over the city drove the residents mad.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | avionul | avioanele |
| Genitive | avionului | avioanelor |
| Accusative | avionul | avioanele |
| Vocative | avionule | avioanelor |
Word family
aviatorpilot
aviațieaviation
avionașlittle plane, toy plane
aeroportairport (related concept, different root)Etymology
The word was coined in French in the 1870s by the engineer Clément Ader, who built it from Latin avis, meaning bird, plus a suffix suggesting a large mechanical device. Romanian borrowed the French word avion directly in the early twentieth century, along with much of its aviation vocabulary. The Latin root avis itself is inherited from a very old Indo-European word for bird.
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