aeroplanum

== Latin == === Etymology === From French aéroplane, first element being from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Second element uncertain: either from French plane (“to glide, hover”), or French plan (“plane surface”), both from plānus (“level, flat”); or from Ancient Greek πλάνος (plános, “wandering”), thus equivalent to ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.ɛˈrɔ.pɫa.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.eˈrɔː.pla.num] (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.ɛ.rɔˈpɫaː.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.e.roˈplaː.num] === Noun === āeroplā̆num n (genitive āeroplā̆nī); second declension (New Latin) airplane ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References ===