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plane in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ṭāʾira
- Arabizi
ta'ira- Type
- noun · feminine
- Plural
- طَائِرَاتٌ ṭāʾirāt
- Root
- ط ي ر
How to use it
طائرة is the common word for an aircraft or plane. It is feminine, so adjectives agree in gender. Use طائرات for the plural. In everyday speech you can also say "طيارة" in informal contexts.
Example sentences
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طَائِرَةٌ تُحَلِّقُ فِي السَّمَاءِ.
ṭāʾiratun tuḥalliqu fī al-samāʾi.
The plane flies in the sky.
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سَأَتَحَدَّثُ إِلَى طَائِرَةِ الْمُسَافَرَةِ.
saʾataḥaddathu ilā ṭāʾirati al-musāfarati.
I will talk to the traveling plane.
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هَلْ رَأَيْتَ طَائِرَةً جَدِيدَةً؟
hal raʾayta ṭāʾiratan jadīda?
Did you see the new plane?
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
The plane crashed.
تحطمت الطائرة.
Sami boarded the plane.
ركب سامي الطّائرة.
Are there movies on the plane?
هل تُبث أفلام على متن هذه الطّائرة؟
My plane leaves at six o'clock.
ستنطلق طائرتي عند الساعة السادسة.
No one survived the plane crash.
لم ينجُ أحد من تحطم الطائرة.
What time does your plane leave?
متى ستغادر طائرتك؟
The plane crashed into the house.
تحطّمت الطّائرة على المنزل.
The plane arrived exactly at nine.
وصلت الطائرة في التاسعة بالضبط.
That fighter plane dropped a bomb.
الطائرة المقاتلة أسقطت قنبلة.
There were 150 passengers on the plane.
كان هناك 150 راكباً على متن الطائرة.
See that? They won't let me on a plane with that, but they'll give it to me on the plane.
أترون هذا؟ لن يسمحوا لي بركوب الطائرة مع هذا الشيء، ولكن، سيعطونني إياه على متن الطائرة.
In the Solar System, the reference plane is the plane of Earth's orbit, called the ecliptic.
ففي المجموعة الشمسية، المستوى المرجعي هو مستوى مدار كوكب الأرض ويسمى المدار الشمسي.
Questions and answers
Is "طائرة" used for both small and large aircraft?
Yes, طائرة can refer to any kind of aircraft, from a small private plane to a large commercial jet.
How do I say "the plane" in Arabic?
Add the definite article: الطائرة (al-ṭāʾira).
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