paper airplane
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paper airplane
noun paper airplanes
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A toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper.
Similar: paper plane, paper flier, paper flyer, paper dart, dart
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An aircraft under development (so named because it remains only on paper to date; a tongue-in-cheek sense with acknowledgment of the original sense).
Similar: paper plane
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noun toy airplane made by folding up a sheet of paper
| Español | avión de papel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 종이비행기 jong'ibihaenggi |
| 日本語 | 紙飛行機 kamihikōki |
| 中文 | 紙飛機 /纸飞机 zhǐfēijī |
| Português | avião de papel, aviãozinho de papel |
| Français | avion en papier, avion de papier |
| Deutsch | Papierflieger |
| Italiano | aeroplanino di carta |
| Ελληνικά | σαΐτα saḯta |
| Română | avion de hârtie |
| Русский | бума́жный самолётик bumážnyj samoljótik |
| العربية | طَائِرَة وَرَقِيَّة |
| עברית | מָטוֹס נְיָר matós nyar |
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@misc{paper_airplane_2026,
title = {paper airplane},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paper%20airplane},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
