aviation
English
/eɪviˈeɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
- Flying, operating, or operation of aircraft.
- Industry that produces aircraft.
- (collectively) aircraft
- A cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, crème de violette and lemon juice
Etymology
Borrowed from French aviation derived from Latin avis (bird) derived from Proto-Indo-European *awi- (bird).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*awi-
Gloss
bird
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鳥
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- avi- English
- avicolous English
- nonaviation English
- *auca Latin
- *austrūthiō Latin
- *avica Latin
- *avicellus Latin
- aucellus Latin
- auceps Latin
- aviarium Latin
- avicula Latin
- avis Latin
- metatarsus Latin
- ave Italian
- aviazione Italian
- avocetta Italian
- avi- Dutch, Flemish
- aviateur French
- aviation French
- aviatrice French
- avion French
- avis French
- aviación Spanish, Castilian
- στρουθίων Ancient Greek
- *awi- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éwis Proto-Indo-European
- ostruce Old French
- aviació Catalan, Valencian
- aviación Galician
- aviacar Ido
- aviaco Ido
- Aviatioun Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *awis Proto-Italic