avion French · revision 16566

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=coinage|attested=1875, Clément Ader (Avion, proper name)|origins=la avis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /a.vjɔ̃/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''avion''' ''m'' (plural avions)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It was coined by the engineer Clément Ader as the name of his flying machines, ''l'Avion I“, ”l'Avion II'' (1875), from [[la|avis|t=bird]] with the suffix “-on”.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989) The GLLF dates Ader's use to 1890.^(GLLF 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first a proper name, ''Avion'', the machine invented by Clément Ader (1875).^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ About 1913–14 it came to mean a military aeroplane, and it gradually replaced [[aéroplane]], which was far more usual until about 1920.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1875 – ''Avion'', the name of Ader's machine.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * 1890 – Ader's use, according to the GLLF.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * c. 1913–14 – A military aeroplane.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ * c. 1920 – It displaces ''aéroplane''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # An [[m|en|aeroplane]], [[m|en|aircraft]]: ''prendre l'avion'', ''voyager en avion'', ''avion de ligne'', ''avion à réaction''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Par avion'': by airmail.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aviation]]

+ * [[aviateur]]

+ * [[hydravion]]

+ * [[porte-avions]]

+ * [[la|avis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}