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airport

name · noun · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.pɔːt/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɛɹ.pɔɹt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːt
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 R P AO2 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A barangay of the district of Mandurriao, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A barangay of Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: airfield, aerodrome, airdrome
  • She met Sam and the others at the airport at 7:00 am.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: airfield, aerodrome, airdrome

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: airdrome, aerodrome, drome

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: airfield, landing field, flying field, field

Narrower terms: heliport, Kennedy, Kennedy Interrnational, Kennedy International Airport

History

Etymology

From air + port.

Across languages

Translations

242 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: lughawe — place designated for airplanes
  • Aklanon: paeuparang — place designated for airplanes
  • Albanian: aeroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Albanian: aerodrom — place designated for airplanes
  • Amharic: የአየር ማረፊያ (yäʾäyär maräfiya) — place designated for airplanes
  • Antillean Creole: layopò — place designated for airplanes
  • Western Apache: naʼiniihí náńdąąhyú — place designated for airplanes
  • Arabic: مَطَار (maṭār) — place designated for airplanes
  • Arabic: مطار (maṭār) — place designated for airplanes
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܛܵܘܣܵܐ (bēṯ ṭāwsā) — place designated for airplanes
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܡܹܐܢܵܐ ܐܵܐܲܪܵܝܵܐ (lmēnā āˀarrāyā) — place designated for airplanes
  • Armenian: օդանավակայան (ōdanavakayan) — place designated for airplanes
  • Assamese: বিমানবন্দৰ (bimanbondor) — place designated for airplanes
  • Asturian: aeropuertu — place designated for airplanes
  • Azerbaijani: aeroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Azerbaijani: hava limanı — place designated for airplanes
  • Balinese: bandar udara — place designated for airplanes
  • Basque: aireportu — place designated for airplanes
  • Belarusian: аэрапо́рт (aerapórt) — place designated for airplanes
  • Belarusian: лётнішча (ljótnišča) — place designated for airplanes
  • Bengali: বিমানবন্দর (bimanbondor) — place designated for airplanes
  • Central Bikol: palayogan — place designated for airplanes
  • Breton: aerborzh — place designated for airplanes
  • Bulgarian: лети́ще (letíšte) — place designated for airplanes
  • Bulgarian: аерога́ра (aerogára) — place designated for airplanes
  • Bulgarian: аеродру́м (aerodrúm) — place designated for airplanes
  • Burmese: လေဆိပ် (lehcip) — place designated for airplanes
  • Carpathian Rusyn: аеропо́рт (aeropórt) — place designated for airplanes
  • Catalan: aeroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Cebuano: tugpahanan — place designated for airplanes
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵣⴰⴳⴳⵡⵣ (azaggwz) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 機場 /机场 (gei1 coeng4) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 飛機場 /飞机场 (fei1 gei1 coeng4) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese Cantonese: 航空站 (hong4 hung1 zaam6) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese: фиҗичон (fijičon) — place designated for airplanes
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 機場 /机场 (gĭ-diòng) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hakka Chinese: 機場 /机场 (kî-chhòng) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hakka Chinese: 飛機場 /飞机场 (fî-kî-chhòng) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese: 機場 /机场 (zh-min-nan) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese: 飛機場 /飞机场 (hui-ki-tiûn) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 機場 /机场 (jīchǎng) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飛機場 /飞机场 (fēijīchǎng) — place designated for airplanes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 航空站 (hángkōngzhàn) — place designated for airplanes
  • Wu Chinese: 機場 /机场 (1ci-zan) — place designated for airplanes
  • Cornish: ayrborth — place designated for airplanes
  • Czech: letiště — place designated for airplanes
  • Danish: lufthavn — place designated for airplanes
  • Dhivehi: ވައިގެބަނދަރު (vaigebandaru) — place designated for airplanes
  • Dhivehi: އެއާޕޯޓް (eāpōṭ) — place designated for airplanes
  • Dutch: luchthaven — place designated for airplanes
  • Dutch: vlieghaven — place designated for airplanes
  • Esperanto: flughaveno — place designated for airplanes
  • Esperanto: aerodromo — place designated for airplanes
  • Esperanto: aerohaveno — place designated for airplanes
  • Estonian: lennujaam — place designated for airplanes
  • Faroese: floghavn — place designated for airplanes
  • Faroese: flogvøllur — place designated for airplanes
  • Finnish: lentoasema — place designated for airplanes
  • Finnish: lentokenttä — place designated for airplanes
  • French: aéroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Galician: aeroporto — place designated for airplanes
  • Georgian: აეროპორტი (aeroṗorṭi) — place designated for airplanes
  • German: Flughafen — place designated for airplanes
  • German: Flugplatz — place designated for airplanes
  • German: Lufthafen — place designated for airplanes
  • Bavarian German: Flughofn — place designated for airplanes
  • Greek: αεροδρόμιο (aerodrómio) — place designated for airplanes
  • Greek: αερολιμένας (aeroliménas) — place designated for airplanes
  • Greenlandic: mittarfik — place designated for airplanes
  • Haitian Creole: ayeropò — place designated for airplanes
  • Hausa: filin jirgin sama — place designated for airplanes
  • Hawaiian: kahua mokulele — place designated for airplanes
  • Hebrew: נְמַל תְּעוּפָה (n'mál t'ufá) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hiligaynon: hulugpaan — place designated for airplanes
  • Hindi: विमानक्षेत्र (vimānakṣetra) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hindi: विमानतल (vimāntal) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hindi: हवाई अड्डा (havāī aḍḍā) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hindi: विमान-पत्तन (vimān-pattan) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hindi: विमानबंदर (vimānbandar) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hindi: विमानस्थल (vimānasthal) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hindi: विमानाश्रय (vimānāśray) — place designated for airplanes
  • Hungarian: repülőtér — place designated for airplanes
  • Hungarian: reptér — place designated for airplanes
  • Iban: padang bilun — place designated for airplanes
  • Icelandic: flugvöllur — place designated for airplanes
  • Icelandic: flughöfn — place designated for airplanes
  • Icelandic: flugstöð — place designated for airplanes
  • Ido: aeroportuo — place designated for airplanes
  • Ilocano: pagtayaban — place designated for airplanes
  • Indonesian: bandar udara — place designated for airplanes
  • Indonesian: pelabuhan udara — place designated for airplanes
  • Indonesian: bandara — place designated for airplanes
  • Interlingua: aeroporto — place designated for airplanes
  • Inuktitut: ᖃᖓᑕᓲᒃᑯᕕᒃ (qangatasookkofik) — place designated for airplanes
  • Irish: aerfort — place designated for airplanes
  • Italian: aeroporto — place designated for airplanes
  • Italian: aerodromo — place designated for airplanes
  • Itawit: pakkayabban — place designated for airplanes
  • Japanese: 空港 (kūkō) — place designated for airplanes
  • Japanese: エアポート (eapōto) — place designated for airplanes
  • Javanese: ꦥꦥꦤꦔ꧀ꦒꦼꦒꦤ (papan anggegana) — place designated for airplanes
  • Kabuverdianu: aeroportu — place designated for airplanes
  • Kabuverdianu: aeroporte — place designated for airplanes
  • Kannada: ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ (vimāna nildāṇa) — place designated for airplanes
  • Kashubian: latawiskò — place designated for airplanes
  • Kazakh: әуежай (äuejai) — place designated for airplanes
  • Khmer: អាកាសយានដ្ឋាន (ʼaakaasaʼyiənaʼthaan) — place designated for airplanes
  • Khmer: វាលកប៉ាល់ហោះ (viəl kaʼpal hɑh) — place designated for airplanes
  • Komi-Zyrian: аэропорт (aeroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Korean: 공항 (gonghang) — place designated for airplanes
  • Korean: 비행장 (bihaengjang) — place designated for airplanes
  • Korean: 항공역 (hanggong'yeok) — place designated for airplanes
  • Central Kurdish: فڕۆکەخانە (frrokexane) — place designated for airplanes
  • Northern Kurdish: balafirgeh — place designated for airplanes
  • Northern Kurdish: firgeh — place designated for airplanes
  • Northern Kurdish: firxane — place designated for airplanes
  • Kyrgyz: аэропорт (aeroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Kyrgyz: аеропорт (ayeroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Ladino: aeroporto — place designated for airplanes
  • Lao: ເດີ່ນຍົນ (dœ̄n nyon) — place designated for airplanes
  • Lao: ສນາມບິນ (sa nām bin) — place designated for airplanes
  • Lao: ເດີ່ນບິນ (dœ̄n bin) — place designated for airplanes
  • Latin: āëriportus — place designated for airplanes
  • Latvian: lidosta — place designated for airplanes
  • Lingala: libándá-mpɛ́pɔ — place designated for airplanes
  • Lingala: libándá lya mpɛ́pɔ — place designated for airplanes
  • Lithuanian: oro uostas — place designated for airplanes
  • Low German: Flegerhaven — place designated for airplanes
  • Luxembourgish: Fluchhafen — place designated for airplanes
  • Macedonian: аеродро́м (aerodróm) — place designated for airplanes
  • Macedonian: а́еродром (áerodrom) — place designated for airplanes
  • Malay: lapangan terbang — place designated for airplanes
  • Malayalam: വിമാനത്താവളം (vimānattāvaḷaṁ) — place designated for airplanes
  • Maltese: ajruport — place designated for airplanes
  • Maltese: mitjar — place designated for airplanes
  • Māori: taunga rererangi — place designated for airplanes
  • Marathi: विमानतळ (vimāntaḷ) — place designated for airplanes
  • Masbatenyo: palupadan — place designated for airplanes
  • Mizo: ţumhmun — place designated for airplanes
  • Mizo: thlawhna-ţumhmun — place designated for airplanes
  • Mongolian: нисэх онгоцны буудал (nisex ongocny buudal) — place designated for airplanes
  • Mongolian: аэропорт (aeroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Mongolian: нисэх буудал (nisex buudal) — place designated for airplanes
  • Nahuatl: ehēcalquixohuayān — place designated for airplanes
  • Nahuatl: tepoztotoquixohuayan — place designated for airplanes
  • Navajo: chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi — place designated for airplanes
  • Nepali: विमानस्थल (vimānasthal) — place designated for airplanes
  • Norman: aéroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flyplass — place designated for airplanes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lufthavn — place designated for airplanes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flyplass — place designated for airplanes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lufthamn — place designated for airplanes
  • Occitan: aeropòrt — place designated for airplanes
  • Odia: ବିମାନ ବନ୍ଦର (bimāna bandara) — place designated for airplanes
  • Ojibwe: endazhi-booniimagak — place designated for airplanes
  • Ossetian: аэропорт (aèroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Pannonian Rusyn: аеродром (aerodrom) — place designated for airplanes
  • Pashto: هوایی ډګر (hawāyi ḍagar) — place designated for airplanes
  • Dari: مَیْدَانِ طَیَّارَه (maydān-i tayyāra) — place designated for airplanes
  • Dari: مَیْدَانِ هَوَایِی (maydān-i hawāyī) — place designated for airplanes
  • Iranian Persian: فُرودْگاه (forudgâh) — place designated for airplanes
  • Plautdietsch: Loftstazion — place designated for airplanes
  • Plautdietsch: Äarport — place designated for airplanes
  • Polish: lotnisko — place designated for airplanes
  • Polish: port lotniczy — place designated for airplanes
  • Polish: aerodrom — place designated for airplanes
  • Polish: aeroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Portuguese: aeroporto — place designated for airplanes
  • Rapa Nui: He Kona Topa Manureva — place designated for airplanes
  • Romanian: aeroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Romblomanon: paluparan — place designated for airplanes
  • Russian: аэропо́рт (aeropórt) — place designated for airplanes
  • Russian: аэродро́м (aerodróm) — place designated for airplanes
  • Russian: аэровокза́л (aerovokzál) — place designated for airplanes
  • Inari-Sami: girdingieddi — place designated for airplanes
  • Sanskrit: विमान-पत्तन (vimāna-pattana) — place designated for airplanes
  • Scottish Gaelic: port-adhair — place designated for airplanes
  • Serbo-Croatian: аеро̀дром — place designated for airplanes
  • Serbo-Croatian: летелиште — place designated for airplanes
  • Serbo-Croatian: зра́чна лу́ка — place designated for airplanes
  • Serbo-Croatian: aeròdrom — place designated for airplanes
  • Serbo-Croatian: letelište — place designated for airplanes
  • Serbo-Croatian: zráčna lúka — place designated for airplanes
  • Shan: တႃႈႁိူဝ်းမိၼ် (tāa hóe mǐn) — place designated for airplanes
  • Sicilian: ariuportu — place designated for airplanes
  • Sinhalese: ගුවන්තොට (guwantoṭa) — place designated for airplanes
  • Slovak: letisko — place designated for airplanes
  • Slovene: letališče — place designated for airplanes
  • Somali: gego diyaarad — place designated for airplanes
  • Upper Sorbian: lětanišćo — place designated for airplanes
  • Lower Sorbian: lětanišćo — place designated for airplanes
  • Southern Altai: аэропорт (aeroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Spanish: aeropuerto — place designated for airplanes
  • Swahili: uwanja wa ndege — place designated for airplanes
  • Swedish: flygplats — place designated for airplanes
  • Swedish: flygfält — place designated for airplanes
  • Swedish: lufthamn — place designated for airplanes
  • Tagalog: paliparan — place designated for airplanes
  • Tajik: фурудгоҳ (furudgoh) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tajik: аэропорт (aeroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tamil: வானூர்தி நிலையம் (vāṉūrti nilaiyam) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tamil: விமான நிலையம் (vimāṉa nilaiyam) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tatar: аэропорт (aʹroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Telugu: విమానాశ్రయం (vimānāśrayaṁ) — place designated for airplanes
  • Thai: ท่าอากาศยาน (tâa-aa-gàat-sà-yaan) — place designated for airplanes
  • Thai: สนามบิน (sà-nǎam-bin) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tibetan: གནམ་ཐང (gnam thang) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tibetan: གནམ་གྲུ་ཐང (gnam gru thang) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tibetan: གནམ་གྲུ་འབབ་ཐང (gnam gru 'bab thang) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tigrinya: መዓርፎ ነፈርቲ (mäʿarfo näfärti) — place designated for airplanes
  • Tokelauan: malae vakalele — place designated for airplanes
  • Tok Pisin: ples balus — place designated for airplanes
  • Tongan: malaʻe vakapuna — place designated for airplanes
  • Turkish: havalimanı — place designated for airplanes
  • Turkish: havaalanı — place designated for airplanes
  • Turkmen: aeroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Turkmen: howa menzili — place designated for airplanes
  • Tuvan: аэропорт (aeroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Ukrainian: аеропо́рт (aeropórt) — place designated for airplanes
  • Ukrainian: лето́вище (letóvyšče) — place designated for airplanes
  • Urdu: ہَوائی اَڈّا (havāī aḍḍā) — place designated for airplanes
  • Urdu: ہَوائی اَڈَّہ (havāī aḍḍa) — place designated for airplanes
  • Urdu: ہَوائی مُسْتَقَر (havāī mustaqar) — place designated for airplanes
  • Urdu: مَطار (matār) — place designated for airplanes
  • Urdu: فَرُود گاہ (farūd gāh) — place designated for airplanes
  • Urdu: طَیران گاہ (tairān gāh) — place designated for airplanes
  • Urdu: وِمانْتَل (vimāntal) — place designated for airplanes
  • Uyghur: ئايروپورت (ayroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Uzbek: aeroport — place designated for airplanes
  • Uzbek: tayеragoh — place designated for airplanes
  • Vietnamese: sân bay — place designated for airplanes
  • Vietnamese: phi trường — place designated for airplanes
  • Vietnamese: cảng hàng không — place designated for airplanes
  • Vietnamese: phi cảng — place designated for airplanes
  • Volapük: lutapof — place designated for airplanes
  • Wallisian: mala'e vakalele — place designated for airplanes
  • Waray-Waray: paluparan — place designated for airplanes
  • Welsh: maes awyr — place designated for airplanes
  • Yiddish: אַעראָפּאָרט (aeroport) — place designated for airplanes
  • Yiddish: פֿליפֿעלד (flifeld) — place designated for airplanes
  • Yucatec Maya: maskab ch'iich' kaah — place designated for airplanes
  • Zulu: inkundla yezindiza — place designated for airplanes
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