Meanings
nounpaper airplane (plural paper airplanes)
plural paper airplanes
- USA toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
Synonyms: paper plane, paper flier, paper flyer, paper dart, dart
- USaeronauticsAn aircraft under development (so named because it remains only on paper to date; a tongue-in-cheek sense with acknowledgment of the original sense).
Synonyms: paper plane
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
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nounAn aircraft under development (so named because it remains only on paper to date; a tongue-in-cheek sense with acknowledgment of the original sense).
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Translations
Afrikaans papiervliegtuig
- papiervliegtuigtoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Arabic طَائِرَة وَرَقِيَّة
- طَائِرَة وَرَقِيَّةtoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Chinese Cantonese 紙飛機 /纸飞机
- 紙飛機 /纸飞机 (zi² fei¹ gei¹)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Chinese Mandarin 紙飛機 /纸飞机
- 紙飛機 /纸飞机 (zhǐfēijī)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Czech papírová vlaštovka
- papírová vlaštovkatoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Dutch papieren vliegtuig
- papieren vliegtuigtoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Estonian paberlennuk
- paberlennuktoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Finnish paperilennokki
- paperilennokkitoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
French avion en papier, avion de papier
- avion en papiertoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
- avion de papiertoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
German Papierflieger
- Papierfliegertoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Greek σαΐτα
- σαΐτα (saḯta)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Hebrew מָטוֹס נְיָר
- מָטוֹס נְיָר (matós nyar)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Icelandic pappírsflugvél
- pappírsflugvéltoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Italian aeroplanino di carta
- aeroplanino di cartatoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Japanese 紙飛行機
- 紙飛行機 (kamihikōki)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Korean 종이비행기
- 종이비행기 (jong'ibihaenggi)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Malay kapal terbang kertas
- kapal terbang kertastoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Norwegian Bokmål papirfly
- papirflytoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Polish samolot papierowy
- samolot papierowytoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Portuguese avião de papel, aviãozinho de papel
- avião de papeltoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
- aviãozinho de papeltoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Romanian avion de hârtie
- avion de hârtietoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Russian бума́жный самолётик
- бума́жный самолётик (bumážnyj samoljótik)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Spanish avión de papel
- avión de papeltoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Swedish pappersflygplan, pappersplan
- pappersflygplantoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
- pappersplantoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
- papperssvalatoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Tagalog eroplanong papel
- eroplanong papeltoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Thai เครื่องบินกระดาษ
- เครื่องบินกระดาษ (krʉ̂ʉang-bin-grà-dàat)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Turkish kağıt uçak
- kağıt uçaktoy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Ukrainian паперовий літачок
- паперовий літачок (paperovyj litačok)toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
Cite this entry
APA
paper airplane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20airplane
MLA
“paper airplane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20airplane. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paper airplane,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20airplane.
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