noun
Meaning 1
The trachea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trachea, windpipe
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
airway
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.weɪ/
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General-American: /ˈɛɚ.weɪ/
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General-American: /ɛɹ.weɪ/
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Australian: /ˈeː.wæɪ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈeə.wæɪ/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/ˈiə.wæɪ/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /ˈeɹ.we/
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/ˈɜː(ɹ).weː/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)weɪ
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noun
Meaning 2
A flight path used by aeroplanes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A roadway used for ventilation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
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, airline business
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: line
noun
Meaning 5
a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: air passage, air duct
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duct
Narrower terms: register, snorkel, schnorkel, schnorchel, snorkel breather, breather, upcast, ventilation shaft
noun
Meaning 6
the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: respiratory tract
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tract
Narrower terms: lower respiratory tract, upper respiratory tract
noun
Meaning 7
a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: air lane, flight path, skyway
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: path, route, itinerary
Narrower terms: approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope, holding pattern
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- Proto-Indo-European *h2ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English way English airway From air + way.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 空中航線 /空中航线 (kōngzhōng hángxiàn) — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Esperanto: aervojo — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Finnish: lentoreitti — flight path used by aeroplanes
- French: route aérienne — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Georgian: საჰაერო ხაზი (sahaero xazi) — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Georgian: ავიახაზი (aviaxazi) — flight path used by aeroplanes
- German: Flugroute — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Irish: aerbhealach — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Japanese: 航空路 (kōkūro) — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Māori: ararangi — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Polish: linia lotnicza — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Portuguese: aerovia — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Portuguese: rota aeronáutica — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Russian: возду́шная тра́сса (vozdúšnaja trássa) — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Spanish: aerovía — flight path used by aeroplanes
- Spanish: vía / ruta aérea / aeronáutica — flight path used by aeroplanes
Real reading context