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A toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paper plane, paper flier, paper flyer, paper dart, dart
Antonyms: none provided
An aircraft under development (so named because it remains only on paper to date; a tongue-in-cheek sense with acknowledgment of the original sense).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: paper plane
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
papiervliegtuig
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Arabic:
طَائِرَة وَرَقِيَّة
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Chinese Cantonese:
紙飛機 /纸飞机
(zi2 fei1 gei1)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Chinese Mandarin:
紙飛機 /纸飞机
(zhǐfēijī)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Czech:
papírová vlaštovka
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Dutch:
papieren vliegtuig
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Estonian:
paberlennuk
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Faroese:
pappírsflúgvari
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Finnish:
paperilennokki
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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French:
avion en papier
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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French:
avion de papier
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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German:
Papierflieger
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Greek:
σαΐτα
(saḯta)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Hebrew:
מָטוֹס נְיָר
(matós nyar)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Icelandic:
pappírsflugvél
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Italian:
aeroplanino di carta
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Japanese:
紙飛行機
(kamihikōki)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Kazakh:
қағаз ұшақ
(qağaz ūşaq)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Korean:
종이비행기
(jong'ibihaenggi)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Malay:
kapal terbang kertas
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Navajo:
naaltsoos bee chidí naatʼaʼí
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Norwegian Bokmål:
papirfly
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
papirfly
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Polish:
samolot papierowy
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Portuguese:
avião de papel
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Portuguese:
aviãozinho de papel
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Romanian:
avion de hârtie
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Russian:
бума́жный самолётик
(bumážnyj samoljótik)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Spanish:
avión de papel
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Swedish:
pappersflygplan
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Swedish:
pappersplan
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Swedish:
papperssvala
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Tagalog:
eroplanong papel
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Thai:
เครื่องบินกระดาษ
(krʉ̂ʉang-bin-grà-dàat)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Turkish:
kağıt uçak
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
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Ukrainian:
паперовий літачок
(paperovyj litačok)
— toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
