battleplane

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noun

An airplane for military use.

OriginEnglish plane ← French aéroplane ← Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos) →
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Meanings

nounbattleplane (plural battleplanes)

plural battleplanes

  1. An airplane for military use.

    According to aero experts these planes will be capable of carrying six passengers, five machine guns, a special rapid fire aerogun and about fifty bombs, and will be practically immune from injury due to attacks by the light battleplanes […]

    1918, Illustrated World, volume 29, number 3, page 406

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  9. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  10. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  11. Ancient Greekπλανάω (planáō)
  12. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ερόπλᾰνος (āeróplănos)
  13. Frenchaéroplane
  14. Englishaeroplaneclip.
  15. Englishplane
  16. Englishbattleplane

From battle + plane.

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APA

battleplane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleplane

MLA

“battleplane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleplane. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “battleplane,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleplane.

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