How to spell airplane

Airplane is spelled A-I-R-P-L-A-N-E.

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What it means: An aircraft that flies in the sky.

In a sentence: The airplane flew high above the fluffy clouds.

Also spelled: aeroplane (accepted as correct).

Same family: airplanes, airplane’s, aircraft, airport, airline. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word “airplane” was formed in the early 1900s from “air” and “plane,” where “plane” comes from a word meaning “flat surface,” referring to the wings. In British English, the older spelling “aeroplane” (from Greek ‘aero’ meaning ‘air’) is still commonly used.

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