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flugmaŝino
Etymology
From
flugi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flugi#Esperanto
(“to fly”) + maŝino
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ma%C5%9Dino#Esperanto
(“machine”). Pronunciation
Noun
flugmaŝino (accusative singular
flugmaŝinon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flugma%C5%9Dinon#Esperanto
, plural flugmaŝinoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flugma%C5%9Dinoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural flugmaŝinojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flugma%C5%9Dinojn#Esperanto
) aircraft
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aircraft
, flying machine
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flying_machine
, airplane
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/airplane
Usage notes
While the term flugmaŝino literally mean "flying machine" and can refer to any man-made means of air travel, it is normally is used to mean an airplane, although the Esperanto word
aviadilo
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aviadilo
is much more often used. (A search of the Esperanto version of Google conducted on October 28, 2008 yeilded 11,900 hits for flugmaŝino, 64,700 for aviadilo, 3,000 for "avio" and 68 for aerveturilo.) Synonyms
aviadilo
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aviadilo#Esperanto
(“aircraft
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aircraft
”)flugaparato
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flugaparato#Esperanto
(“aircraft
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aircraft
”)aerveturilo
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aerveturilo#Esperanto
(“flying machine
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flying_machine
”, literally “air traveling device”)
Hyponyms
avio
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avio#Esperanto
(“airplane
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/airplane
”)- (dated)
aeroplano
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aeroplano#Esperanto
(“airplane
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/airplane
”)
Holonyms
flughaveno
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flughaveno#Esperanto
(“airport
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/airport
”)