noun
Meaning 1
An aircraft designed for combat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
warplane
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noun
Meaning 2
an aircraft designed and used for combat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: military plane
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heavier-than-air craft, military vehicle
Narrower terms: bomber, fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraft, reconnaissance plane
History
Etymology
From war + plane.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: qırıcı — aircraft for combat
- Chinese Mandarin: 戰鬥機 /战斗机 (zhàndòujī) — aircraft for combat
- Chinese Mandarin: 戰機 /战机 (zhànjī) — aircraft for combat
- Finnish: sotilaslentokone — aircraft for combat
- German: Kampfflugzeug — aircraft for combat
- Japanese: 軍用機 (gun'yōki) — aircraft for combat
- Portuguese: avião militar — aircraft for combat
- Portuguese: avião de combate — aircraft for combat
- Romanian: avion militar — aircraft for combat
- Turkish: savaş uçağı — aircraft for combat