"airborne" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-airborne.wav [US]
Etymology: Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|air|borne}} air + -borne Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} airborne (not comparable)
  1. In or carried by the air. Tags: not-comparable Translations (carried by the air): въздушнопреносим (vǎzdušnoprenosim) (Bulgarian), transportat per l'aire (Catalan), ilmassa leijuva (Finnish), ilma- (Finnish), aéroporté (French), transporté par l’air (French), über die Luft transportiert (German), αερομεταφερόμενος (aerometaferómenos) (Greek), מוּטָס (mutas) [masculine] (Hebrew), lintas udara (Indonesian), aerbheirthe (Irish), trasportato dall'aria (Italian), aviotrasportato (Italian), transportado pelo ar (Portuguese), aerotransportado (Portuguese), transportado por el aire (Spanish), aerotransportado (Spanish), havadaki (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-airborne-en-adj-GR3vMAEo Disambiguation of 'carried by the air': 67 21 2 11
  2. In flight. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in flight): في الجو (fī al-jaww) (Arabic), летящ (letjašt) (Bulgarian), en vol (French), in volo (Italian), w trakcie lotu (Polish), em voo (Portuguese), voante (Portuguese), volando (Spanish), що знаходиться у повітрі (ščo znaxodytʹsja u povitri) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-airborne-en-adj-xSYUGYhI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -borne Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 71 2 1 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -borne: 14 49 12 7 17 Disambiguation of 'in flight': 5 93 0 2
  3. Fitted to an aircraft. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-airborne-en-adj-m5uymVR7
  4. Transported by air in an aircraft. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-airborne-en-adj-TSXTYSCN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonairborne

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-airborne.wav [US] Forms: airbornes [plural], airborne [plural]
Etymology: Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|air|borne}} air + -borne Head templates: {{en-noun|s|airborne}} airborne (plural airbornes or airborne)
  1. Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter. Categories (topical): Aviation, Military
    Sense id: en-airborne-en-noun-GA9COTT4 Disambiguation of Aviation: 6 5 13 26 50 Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "en:Aviation",
    "en:Military"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "air",
        "3": "borne"
      },
      "expansion": "air + -borne",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested since the 1640s; air + -borne",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "airbornes",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "airborne",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "airborne"
      },
      "expansion": "airborne (plural airbornes or airborne)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter."
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "infantry",
          "infantry"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air"
        ],
        [
          "parachute",
          "parachute"
        ],
        [
          "helicopter",
          "helicopter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-airborne.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-airborne.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-airborne.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-airborne.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-airborne.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "airborne forces"
  ],
  "word": "airborne"
}

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