aeroplane

Other forms of aeroplane

plural

aeroplanes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aeroplane

What does aeroplane mean?

aeroplane means "an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets".

How many syllables are in aeroplane?

aeroplane has 4 syllables: a-e-ro-plane. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for aeroplane?

Close synonyms include airplane, plane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aeroplane a common word?

aeroplane is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.