noun
Meaning 1
The state of being airworthy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
airworthiness
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: /ɛː.wəː.ði.nɪs/
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 R W ER2 DH IY0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
fitness to fly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the plane received a certificate of airworthiness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soundness
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 -worthy English airworthy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English airworthiness From airworthy + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: صَلَاحِيَّة الطَائِرَات — the state of being airworthy
- Chinese Mandarin: 適航 /适航 (shìháng) — the state of being airworthy
- Dutch: luchtwaardigheid — the state of being airworthy
- Finnish: lentokelpoisuus — the state of being airworthy
- French: navigabilité — the state of being airworthy
- French: aeronavigabilité — the state of being airworthy
- German: Flugtauglichkeit — the state of being airworthy
- German: Flugtüchtigkeit — the state of being airworthy
- Hebrew: כּוֹשֵׁר טִיסָה — the state of being airworthy
- Indonesian: kelayakan terbang — the state of being airworthy
- Indonesian: kelaikudaraan — the state of being airworthy
- Indonesian: kelaikan udara — the state of being airworthy
- Irish: acmhainn eitleoireachta — the state of being airworthy
- Japanese: 耐空性 (taikūsei) — the state of being airworthy
- Korean: 감항성 (gamhangseong) — the state of being airworthy
- Macedonian: летоподобност (letopodobnost) — the state of being airworthy
- Malay: kelayakan terbang — the state of being airworthy
- Malay: کليکن تربڠ — the state of being airworthy
- Norwegian Bokmål: flydyktighet — the state of being airworthy
- Norwegian Bokmål: flygedyktighet — the state of being airworthy
- Norwegian Bokmål: flyvedyktighet — the state of being airworthy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: flygedyktig — the state of being airworthy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: flygefør — the state of being airworthy
- Polish: zdatność — the state of being airworthy
- Portuguese: aeronavegabilidade — the state of being airworthy
- Russian: лётная го́дность (ljótnaja gódnostʹ) — the state of being airworthy
- Serbo-Croatian: letna sposobnost — the state of being airworthy
- Spanish: aptitud para volar — the state of being airworthy
- Spanish: aeronavegabilidad — the state of being airworthy
- Swedish: luftvärdighet — the state of being airworthy
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