"flyable" meaning in English

See flyable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈflaɪəbəl/ Forms: more flyable [comparative], most flyable [superlative]
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  1. (of aircraft) Able to be flown; airworthy. Translations (able to be flown): lentokelpoinen (Finnish), lentokuntoinen (Finnish), flugtüchtig (German), fliegbar (German)
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  2. (of a route or distance) Passable by flight. Translations (passable by flight): lennettävä (Finnish), fliegbar (German)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: airworthy, skyworthy Derived forms: flyability

Alternative forms

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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflaɪəbəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪəbəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "airworthy"
    },
    {
      "word": "skyworthy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "able to be flown",
      "word": "lentokelpoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "able to be flown",
      "word": "lentokuntoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "able to be flown",
      "word": "flugtüchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "able to be flown",
      "word": "fliegbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "passable by flight",
      "word": "lennettävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "passable by flight",
      "word": "fliegbar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flyable"
}

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