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aviation

noun · 9 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • ā′vē-ā′shən
  • ăv′ē-
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌav.iː-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæv.iː-/ older
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌeɪ̯.viˈeɪ̯.ʃən/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌæv.i-/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˌæɪ̯.viːˈæɪ̯.ʃən/
  • Australian: /ˌæv.iː-/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌɛv.iː-/
  • Scotland: /ˌe.viˈe.ʃən/
  • Scotland: /ˌav.i-/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: EY2 V IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The art or science of making and flying aircraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • The history of aviation is full of daring pioneers.
  • He works in the aviation industry as a pilot.
  • Military aviation played a crucial role in the war.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Industry that produces aircraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Aircraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, uncountable, usually

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette, and lemon juice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

travel via aircraft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • air travel involves too much waiting in airports
  • if you've time to spare go by air

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air travel, air

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, traveling, travelling

Narrower terms: flight, flying

7

noun

Meaning 7

the art of operating aircraft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: airmanship

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: art, artistry, prowess

8

noun

Meaning 8

the operation of aircraft to provide transportation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: industry

9

noun

Meaning 9

the aggregation of a country's military aircraft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: air power

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French aviation, derived from Latin avis (“bird”). By surface analysis, avi- + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: aviacion — art or science of flying
  • Arabic: طَيَرَان (ṭayarān) — art or science of flying
  • Arabic: مِلَاحَة جَوِّيَّة — art or science of flying
  • Armenian: ավիացիա (aviacʻia) — art or science of flying
  • Azerbaijani: aviasiya — art or science of flying
  • Bashkir: авиация (aviatsiya) — art or science of flying
  • Belarusian: лётніцтва (ljótnictva) — art or science of flying
  • Belarusian: авія́цыя (avijácyja) — art or science of flying
  • Belarusian: паветрапла́ванне (pavjetraplávannje) — art or science of flying
  • Belarusian: паветрапла́ваньне (pavjetraplávanʹnje) — art or science of flying
  • Bengali: বিমানচালনা (bimancalna) — art or science of flying
  • Bulgarian: въздухопла́ване (vǎzduhoplávane) — art or science of flying
  • Bulgarian: авиа́ция (aviácija) — art or science of flying
  • Burmese: လေကြောင်း (le-kraung:) — art or science of flying
  • Catalan: aviació — art or science of flying
  • Chinese Cantonese: 航空 — art or science of flying
  • Chinese Cantonese: 飛行 /飞行 — art or science of flying
  • Chinese: 航空 (zh-min-nan) — art or science of flying
  • Chinese: 飛行 /飞行 (zh-min-nan) — art or science of flying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 航空 (hángkōng) — art or science of flying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飛行 /飞行 (fēixíng) — art or science of flying
  • Czech: letectví — art or science of flying
  • Danish: luftfart — art or science of flying
  • Dutch: luchtvaart — art or science of flying
  • Esperanto: aerveturado — art or science of flying
  • Estonian: lennundus — art or science of flying
  • Finnish: ilmailu — art or science of flying
  • French: aviation — art or science of flying
  • Galician: aviación — art or science of flying
  • Georgian: ავიაცია (aviacia) — art or science of flying
  • German: Luftfahrt — art or science of flying
  • German: Fliegerei — art or science of flying
  • Greek: αεροπορία (aeroporía) — art or science of flying
  • Hebrew: תְּעוּפָה (t'ufá) — art or science of flying
  • Hindi: विमानन (vimānan) — art or science of flying
  • Hungarian: légi közlekedés — art or science of flying
  • Icelandic: flugmál — art or science of flying
  • Ido: aviaco — art or science of flying
  • Indonesian: penerbangan — art or science of flying
  • Irish: eitlíocht — art or science of flying
  • Italian: aviazione — art or science of flying
  • Japanese: 航空 (kōkū) — art or science of flying
  • Japanese: 飛行 (hikō) — art or science of flying
  • Kazakh: авиация (aviasiä) — art or science of flying
  • Khmer: អាកាសចរ (ʼaakaasaʼcɑɑ) — art or science of flying
  • Korean: 항공 (hanggong) — art or science of flying
  • Korean: 비행 (bihaeng) — art or science of flying
  • Kyrgyz: авиация (aviatsiya) — art or science of flying
  • Lao: ການບິນ (kān bin) — art or science of flying
  • Latvian: aviācija — art or science of flying
  • Lithuanian: aviacija — art or science of flying
  • Macedonian: воздухопло́вство (vozduhoplóvstvo) — art or science of flying
  • Macedonian: авијација (avijacija) — art or science of flying
  • Malay: penerbangan — art or science of flying
  • Mongolian: нисэх хүчин (nisex xüčin) — art or science of flying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: luftfart — art or science of flying
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: luftfart — art or science of flying
  • Iranian Persian: هَواپِیْمایی (havâpeymâyi) — art or science of flying
  • Iranian Persian: هَوانَوَرْدی (havânavardi) — art or science of flying
  • Polish: lotnictwo — art or science of flying
  • Polish: awiacja — art or science of flying
  • Polish: awiatyka — art or science of flying
  • Portuguese: aviação — art or science of flying
  • Romanian: aviație — art or science of flying
  • Russian: авиа́ция (aviácija) — art or science of flying
  • Russian: воздухопла́вание (vozduxoplávanije) — art or science of flying
  • Serbo-Croatian: авијација — art or science of flying
  • Serbo-Croatian: ваздухопловство — art or science of flying
  • Serbo-Croatian: зракопловство — art or science of flying
  • Serbo-Croatian: avijacija — art or science of flying
  • Serbo-Croatian: vazduhoplovstvo — art or science of flying
  • Serbo-Croatian: zrakoplovstvo — art or science of flying
  • Slovak: letectvo — art or science of flying
  • Slovene: letalstvo — art or science of flying
  • Spanish: aviación — art or science of flying
  • Swahili: elimu ya rubani — art or science of flying
  • Swedish: flyg — art or science of flying
  • Swedish: luftfart — art or science of flying
  • Swedish: flygväsen — art or science of flying
  • Tagalog: abyasyon — art or science of flying
  • Tajik: ҳавонавардӣ (havonavardi) — art or science of flying
  • Tajik: авиатсия (aviatsiya) — art or science of flying
  • Thai: การบิน (gaan-bin) — art or science of flying
  • Turkish: havacılık — art or science of flying
  • Turkmen: awiasiýa — art or science of flying
  • Ukrainian: авіа́ція (aviácija) — art or science of flying
  • Ukrainian: повітропла́вання (povitroplávannja) — art or science of flying
  • Urdu: ہَوا بازی (havā bāzī) — art or science of flying
  • Uzbek: aviatsiya — art or science of flying
  • Vietnamese: hàng không — art or science of flying
  • Walloon: aviåcion — art or science of flying
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