Phrase guide

air base

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈɛɹ beɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A military airport, providing housing and support for aircraft and personnel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a base for military aircraft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air station

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: base, base of operations

History

Etymology

From air + base.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَاعِدَة جَوِّيَّة (qāʕida jawwiyya) — military airport
  • Basque: aire-basea — military airport
  • Basque: hegazkin-base — military airport
  • Belarusian: авіяба́за (avijabáza) — military airport
  • Bulgarian: възду́шна ба́за (vǎzdúšna báza) — military airport
  • Catalan: base aèria — military airport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍用機場 /军用机场 (jūnyòng jīchǎng) — military airport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 空軍基地 /空军基地 (kōngjūn jīdì) — military airport
  • Czech: letecká základna — military airport
  • Danish: luftbase — military airport
  • Danish: flyvestation — military airport
  • Danish: flyvebase — military airport
  • Dutch: vliegbasis — military airport
  • Dutch: vliegkamp — military airport
  • Finnish: lentotukikohta — military airport
  • French: base aérienne — military airport
  • Galician: base aérea — military airport
  • Georgian: ავიაბაზა (aviabaza) — military airport
  • Georgian: საჰაერო ბაზა (sahaero baza) — military airport
  • German: Luftwaffenstützpunkt — military airport
  • German: Luftstützpunkt — military airport
  • German: Fliegerhorst — military airport
  • German: Militärflugplatz — military airport
  • Greek: αεροπορική βάση (aeroporikí vási) — military airport
  • Hebrew: בְּסִיס טִיסָה (b'sís tisá) — military airport
  • Hebrew: בָּסִיס אֲוִירִי (b'sís avirí) — military airport
  • Indonesian: pangkalan udara — military airport
  • Irish: aerionad — military airport
  • Italian: base aerea — military airport
  • Japanese: 空軍基地 (kūgun kichi) — military airport
  • Japanese: 軍用飛行場 (gun'yō hikōjō) — military airport
  • Kazakh: әуе базасы (äue bazasy) — military airport
  • Korean: 군용비행장 (gunyongbihaengjang) — military airport
  • Korean: 공군 기지 (gonggun giji) — military airport
  • Kyrgyz: авиабаза (aviabaza) — military airport
  • Malay: pangkalan udara — military airport
  • Mongolian: агаарын бааз (agaaryn baaz) — military airport
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flystasjon — military airport
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flystasjon — military airport
  • Iranian Persian: پایْگاهِ هَوایی (pâygâh-e havâyi) — military airport
  • Polish: baza lotnicza — military airport
  • Portuguese: base aérea — military airport
  • Romanian: bază aeriană — military airport
  • Russian: авиаба́за (aviabáza) — military airport
  • Russian: авиацио́нная ба́за (aviaciónnaja báza) — military airport
  • Russian: АБ — military airport
  • Slovak: letecká základňa — military airport
  • Slovene: letalska baza — military airport
  • Spanish: base aérea — military airport
  • Swedish: flygbas — military airport
  • Turkish: hava üssü — military airport
  • Ukrainian: авіаба́за (aviabáza) — military airport
  • Uzbek: aviabaza — military airport