"airdrome" meaning in English

See airdrome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-airdrome.wav Forms: airdromes [plural]
Etymology: Alteration of aerodrome; by surface analysis, air + -drome. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|air|-drome|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, air + -drome Head templates: {{en-noun}} airdrome (plural airdromes)
  1. A location where aircraft are operated, usually having a runway and maintenance facilities. Wikipedia link: en:airdrome Synonyms: aerodrome, airfield, landing field Related terms: airbase, air base (english: sometimes synonymous), airport (english: sometimes synonymous), helidrome

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "air",
        "3": "-drome",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "by surface analysis, air + -drome",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of aerodrome; by surface analysis, air + -drome.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "airdromes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "airdrome (plural airdromes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -drome",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They landed at the airdrome."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940, Irving S. Friedman, British Relations With China: 1931-1939, Institute of Pacific Relations, →OCLC, page 81:",
          "text": "Reports were common of a Sino-British agreement for British co-operation in the economic development of South China, including British financing of a railway in Hainan, the establishment of an airdrome on Tungsha Island southeast of Hongkong, an oil depot in the Sesha Islands southwest of Hainan, and the development of mines in South China.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A location where aircraft are operated, usually having a runway and maintenance facilities."
      ],
      "id": "en-airdrome-en-noun-QTyoOfiz",
      "links": [
        [
          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ],
        [
          "runway",
          "runway"
        ],
        [
          "maintenance",
          "maintenance"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "airbase"
        },
        {
          "english": "sometimes synonymous",
          "word": "air base"
        },
        {
          "english": "sometimes synonymous",
          "word": "airport"
        },
        {
          "word": "helidrome"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aerodrome"
        },
        {
          "word": "airfield"
        },
        {
          "word": "landing field"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:airdrome"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-airdrome.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-airdrome.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-airdrome.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-airdrome.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-airdrome.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "airdrome"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "air",
        "3": "-drome",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "by surface analysis, air + -drome",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of aerodrome; by surface analysis, air + -drome.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "airdromes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "airdrome (plural airdromes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "airbase"
    },
    {
      "english": "sometimes synonymous",
      "word": "air base"
    },
    {
      "english": "sometimes synonymous",
      "word": "airport"
    },
    {
      "word": "helidrome"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -drome",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They landed at the airdrome."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940, Irving S. Friedman, British Relations With China: 1931-1939, Institute of Pacific Relations, →OCLC, page 81:",
          "text": "Reports were common of a Sino-British agreement for British co-operation in the economic development of South China, including British financing of a railway in Hainan, the establishment of an airdrome on Tungsha Island southeast of Hongkong, an oil depot in the Sesha Islands southwest of Hainan, and the development of mines in South China.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A location where aircraft are operated, usually having a runway and maintenance facilities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aircraft",
          "aircraft"
        ],
        [
          "runway",
          "runway"
        ],
        [
          "maintenance",
          "maintenance"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "en:airdrome"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-airdrome.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-airdrome.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-airdrome.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-airdrome.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-airdrome.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "aerodrome"
    },
    {
      "word": "airfield"
    },
    {
      "word": "landing field"
    }
  ],
  "word": "airdrome"
}

Download raw JSONL data for airdrome meaning in English (2.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.