plane in English: A large machine with wings that flies through the air and carries people. (noun)

Translation

A large machine with wings that flies through the air and carries people.

Word origin

A short form of aeroplane, from Greek aer air and Latin planus flat.

Origin: Greek
Root: aeroplane

Grammar

Gender

Pluralplanes

Examples

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"Plane" is the machine with wings that flies.

.

"Planes" is the plural, meaning more than one plane.

Spain .

Here "plane" is how we travelled to Spain.

Related words

fly

To move through the air, like a bird or a plane.

travel

To go from one place to another, often far away.

sky

The space high above the earth that you see when you look up, where the sun, clouds, and stars are.

air

The mix of gases all around us that we breathe and cannot see.

go

To move or travel from one place to another.

flight

A journey in a plane, or the act of flying through the air.

pilot

A person who flies a plane or a helicopter.

wing

One of the flat parts on a bird, an insect, or a plane that holds it up in the air.

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