adj
Meaning 1
In or carried by the air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
airborne
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adj
Meaning 2
In flight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Fitted to an aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- airborne radar
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Transported by air in an aircraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- airborne troops
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
moved or conveyed by or through air
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: въздушнопреносим (vǎzdušnoprenosim) — carried by the air
- Catalan: transportat per l'aire — carried by the air
- Finnish: ilmassa leijuva — carried by the air
- Finnish: ilma- — carried by the air
- French: aéroporté — carried by the air
- French: transporté par l'air — carried by the air
- German: über die Luft transportiert — carried by the air
- Greek: αερομεταφερόμενος (aerometaferómenos) — carried by the air
- Greek: αερογενής (aerogenís) — carried by the air
- Hebrew: מוּטָס (mutas) — carried by the air
- Indonesian: lintas udara — carried by the air
- Irish: aerbheirthe — carried by the air
- Italian: trasportato dall'aria — carried by the air
- Italian: aviotrasportato — carried by the air
- Portuguese: transportado pelo ar — carried by the air
- Portuguese: aerotransportado — carried by the air
- Spanish: transportado por el aire — carried by the air
- Spanish: aerotransportado — carried by the air
- Turkish: havadaki — carried by the air
- Arabic: في الجو (fī al-jaww) — in flight
- Bulgarian: летящ (letjašt) — in flight
- Finnish: ilmassa — in flight
- Finnish: ilmaan — in flight
- French: en vol — in flight
- Italian: in volo — in flight
- Polish: w trakcie lotu — in flight
- Portuguese: em voo — in flight
- Portuguese: voante — in flight
- Spanish: volando — in flight
- Ukrainian: що знаходиться у повітрі (ščo znaxodytʹsja u povitri) — in flight
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