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airline

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • ĕr′-līn′
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛəˌlaɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/
  • US, General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 R L AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: airline business, airway

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: line

3

noun

Meaning 3

a hose that carries air under pressure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air hose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hose, hosepipe

History

Etymology

From air + line.

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lugdiens — company that flies airplanes
  • Albanian: linjë ajrore — company that flies airplanes
  • Arabic: شَرِكَة طَيَرَان (šarikat ṭayarān) — company that flies airplanes
  • Arabic: خُطُوط جَوِيَّة (ḵuṭūṭ jawiyya) — company that flies airplanes
  • Arabic: خُطُوط طَيَرَان (ḵuṭūṭ ṭayarān) — company that flies airplanes
  • Armenian: ավիաընկերություն (aviaənkerutʻyun) — company that flies airplanes
  • Azerbaijani: aviakompaniya — company that flies airplanes
  • Belarusian: авіякампа́нія (avijakampánija) — company that flies airplanes
  • Belarusian: авіялі́ніі (avijalínii) — company that flies airplanes
  • Belarusian: авіяпрадпрые́мства (avijapradpryjémstva) — company that flies airplanes
  • Bengali: এয়ারলাইন (eẏarlain) — company that flies airplanes
  • Bulgarian: авиокомпа́ния (aviokompánija) — company that flies airplanes
  • Bulgarian: авиоли́ния (aviolínija) — company that flies airplanes
  • Burmese: လေကြောင်း (le-kraung:) — company that flies airplanes
  • Catalan: aerolínia — company that flies airplanes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 航空公司 (hong4 hung1 gung1 si1) — company that flies airplanes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 航空公司 (hángkōng gōngsī) — company that flies airplanes
  • Czech: letecká společnost — company that flies airplanes
  • Czech: aerolinie — company that flies airplanes
  • Czech: aerolinka — company that flies airplanes
  • Danish: flyselskab — company that flies airplanes
  • Dutch: luchtvaartmaatschappij — company that flies airplanes
  • Esperanto: flugkompanio — company that flies airplanes
  • Estonian: lennufirma — company that flies airplanes
  • Estonian: lennukompanii — company that flies airplanes
  • Estonian: lennuliin — company that flies airplanes
  • Faroese: flogfelag — company that flies airplanes
  • Finnish: lentoyhtiö — company that flies airplanes
  • French: compagnie aérienne — company that flies airplanes
  • French: ligne aérienne — company that flies airplanes
  • Galician: aeroliña — company that flies airplanes
  • Galician: compañía aérea — company that flies airplanes
  • Georgian: ავიაკომპანია (aviaḳomṗania) — company that flies airplanes
  • Georgian: ავიახაზები (aviaxazebi) — company that flies airplanes
  • German: Fluggesellschaft — company that flies airplanes
  • German: Airline — company that flies airplanes
  • Greek: αερογραμμή (aerogrammí) — company that flies airplanes
  • Hebrew: חֶבְרַת תְּעוּפָה (hevrát t'ufá) — company that flies airplanes
  • Hindi: एयरलाइन (eyarlāin) — company that flies airplanes
  • Hindi: हवाई कम्पनी (havāī kampanī) — company that flies airplanes
  • Hungarian: légitársaság — company that flies airplanes
  • Icelandic: flugfélag — company that flies airplanes
  • Indonesian: maskapai penerbangan — company that flies airplanes
  • Indonesian: maskapai — company that flies airplanes
  • Irish: aerlíne — company that flies airplanes
  • Italian: linea aerea — company that flies airplanes
  • Italian: compagnia aerea — company that flies airplanes
  • Italian: aviolinea — company that flies airplanes
  • Italian: aerolinea — company that flies airplanes
  • Japanese: 航空会社 (kōkū-gaisha) — company that flies airplanes
  • Japanese: エアライン (earain) — company that flies airplanes
  • Kazakh: әуекомпания (äuekompaniä) — company that flies airplanes
  • Khmer: អាកាសចរ (ʼaakaasaʼcɑɑ) — company that flies airplanes
  • Khmer: ក្រុមហ៊ុនអាកាសចរ (krom hun ʼaakaasaʼcɑɑ) — company that flies airplanes
  • Korean: 항공 회사 (hanggong hoesa) — company that flies airplanes
  • Korean: 항공사 (hanggongsa) — company that flies airplanes
  • Northern Kurdish: rêhewa — company that flies airplanes
  • Kyrgyz: авиакомпания (aviakompaniya) — company that flies airplanes
  • Lao: ສາຍການບິນ (sāi kān bin) — company that flies airplanes
  • Latvian: lidsabiedrība — company that flies airplanes
  • Latvian: aviosabiedrība — company that flies airplanes
  • Lithuanian: oro linija — company that flies airplanes
  • Lithuanian: aviakompanija — company that flies airplanes
  • Macedonian: авиоли́нија (aviolínija) — company that flies airplanes
  • Macedonian: авиокомпа́нија (aviokompánija) — company that flies airplanes
  • Malay: syarikat penerbangan — company that flies airplanes
  • Mongolian: агаарын зам (agaaryn zam) — company that flies airplanes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flyselskap — company that flies airplanes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flyselskap — company that flies airplanes
  • Pashto: هوايي شرکت (hawāyi šerkat) — company that flies airplanes
  • Iranian Persian: شِرْکَتِ هَواپِیْمایی (šerkat-e havâpeymâyi) — company that flies airplanes
  • Polish: linia lotnicza — company that flies airplanes
  • Portuguese: linha aérea — company that flies airplanes
  • Portuguese: companhia aérea — company that flies airplanes
  • Romanian: companie aeriană — company that flies airplanes
  • Romanian: linie aeriană — company that flies airplanes
  • Russian: авиакомпа́ния (aviakompánija) — company that flies airplanes
  • Russian: авиапредприя́тие (aviapredprijátije) — company that flies airplanes
  • Russian: авиали́нии (avialínii) — company that flies airplanes
  • Russian: авиафи́рма (aviafírma) — company that flies airplanes
  • Serbo-Croatian: авиокомпа̀нија — company that flies airplanes
  • Serbo-Croatian: aviokompànija — company that flies airplanes
  • Slovak: letečká spoločnosť — company that flies airplanes
  • Slovak: aerolínie — company that flies airplanes
  • Slovene: letalska družba — company that flies airplanes
  • Spanish: aerolínea — company that flies airplanes
  • Spanish: compañía aérea — company that flies airplanes
  • Swahili: kampuni ya ndege — company that flies airplanes
  • Swedish: flygbolag n flygföretag — company that flies airplanes
  • Tagalog: kompanyang panghimpapawid — company that flies airplanes
  • Tajik: ширкати ҳавопаймои (širkat-i havopaymo-yi) — company that flies airplanes
  • Thai: สายการบิน (sǎai-gaan-bin) — company that flies airplanes
  • Turkish: hava yolu — company that flies airplanes
  • Turkish: havayolu — company that flies airplanes
  • Turkmen: awiakompaniýa — company that flies airplanes
  • Ukrainian: авіакомпа́нія (aviakompánija) — company that flies airplanes
  • Ukrainian: авіалі́нії (avialíniji) — company that flies airplanes
  • Ukrainian: авіапідприє́мство (aviapidpryjémstvo) — company that flies airplanes
  • Urdu: فِضائی اِدارَہ (fizāī idāra) — company that flies airplanes
  • Urdu: ہَوائی کَمْپَنی (havāī kampanī) — company that flies airplanes
  • Urdu: ایئَرْلائِن (earlāin) — company that flies airplanes
  • Uyghur: ئاۋىئاتسىيە شىركىتى (awi'atsiye shirkiti) — company that flies airplanes
  • Uzbek: aviakompaniya — company that flies airplanes
  • Uzbek: havo kompaniyasi — company that flies airplanes
  • Vietnamese: công ty hàng không — company that flies airplanes
  • Vietnamese: hàng không — company that flies airplanes
  • Vietnamese: hãng hàng không — company that flies airplanes
  • Yiddish: לופֿטליניע (luftlinye) — company that flies airplanes
Real reading context

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