Meanings
- not comparableIn or carried by the air.
Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
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A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2018, page 3 (Technology Quarterly) - not comparableIn flight.
There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.
1984, Steve Harris, “Aces High”, in Powerslave, performed by Iron Maiden - not comparableFitted to an aircraft.
airborne radar
- not comparableTransported by air in an aircraft.
airborne troops
plural airbornes
- Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemoved or conveyed by or through air
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic في الجو
- في الجو (fī al-jaww)in flight
Bulgarian въздушнопреносим, летящ
- въздушнопреносим (văzdušnoprenosim)carried by the air
- летящ (letjašt)in flight
Catalan transportat per l'aire
- transportat per l'airecarried by the air
Finnish ilmassa leijuva, ilma-
- ilmassa leijuvacarried by the air
- ilma-carried by the air
- ilmassain flight
- ilmaanin flight
French aéroporté, transporté par l'air
- aéroportécarried by the air
- transporté par l'aircarried by the air
- en volin flight
German über die Luft transportiert
- über die Luft transportiertcarried by the air
Greek αερομεταφερόμενος, αερογενής
- αερομεταφερόμενος (aerometaferómenos)carried by the air
- αερογενής (aerogenís)carried by the air
Hebrew מוּטָס
- מוּטָס (mutas)carried by the air
Indonesian lintas udara
- lintas udaracarried by the air
Irish aerbheirthe
- aerbheirthecarried by the air
Italian trasportato dall'aria, aviotrasportato
- trasportato dall'ariacarried by the air
- aviotrasportatocarried by the air
- in voloin flight
Polish w trakcie lotu
- w trakcie lotuin flight
Portuguese transportado pelo ar, aerotransportado
- transportado pelo arcarried by the air
- aerotransportadocarried by the air
- em vooin flight
- voantein flight
Spanish transportado por el aire, aerotransportado
- transportado por el airecarried by the air
- aerotransportadocarried by the air
- volandoin flight
Turkish havadaki
- havadakicarried by the air
Ukrainian що знаходиться у повітрі
- що знаходиться у повітрі (ščo znaxodytʹsja u povitri)in flight
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Cite this entry
airborne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airborne
“airborne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airborne. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “airborne,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/airborne.
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