Flaperon

/ˈflæpərɑn/ noun

Definition

An airplane control surface that combines the functions of a flap and an aileron, used for both descent and roll control.

Etymology

A 20th-century aviation term combining flap and aileron, created when engineers needed a single control surface serving dual purposes on aircraft.

Kelly Says

Flaperon is perfectly modern airplane engineering language—it's a portmanteau (word blend) that describes exactly what the part does, showing how technical fields create precisely efficient vocabulary.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ፍላፐሮን
fla-peh-ron
ARالعربية
أجنحة
aj-ni-hah
BNবাংলা
ফ্লেপারন
fle-peh-arn
CACatalà
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
CSČeština
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
DADansk
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
DEDeutsch
Flaperon
fla-peh-ron
ELΕλληνικά
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
ESEspañol
flaperón
fla-peh-ron
FAفارسی
فلپرون
fla-peh-roon
FISuomi
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
FRFrançais
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
GUGU
ફ્લેપરોન
fle-peh-ron
HAHA
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
HEעברית
פלפרון
pleh-peh-ron
HIहिन्दी
फ्लैपरॉन
fla-peh-ron
HUMagyar
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
IDBahasa Indonesia
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
IGIG
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
ITItaliano
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
JA日本語
フラペロン
fura-peh-ron
KKKK
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
KMKM
ចង្អង
ch'ang-ang
KO한국어
플랩에론
peul-lap-eh-ron
MRMR
फ्लॅपेरॉन
fla-peh-ron
MSBahasa Melayu
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
MYမြန်မာ
フラペロン
fura-peh-ron
NLNederlands
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
NONorsk
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
PAPA
ਫਲੈਪਰਨ
fla-peh-ron
PLPolski
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
PTPortuguês
flaperão
fla-peh-rah-ow
RORomână
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
RUРусский
крыло
kry-loh
SVSvenska
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
SWKiswahili
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
TAதமிழ்
ஃப்ளேப்பரான்
fla-peh-raan
TEతెలుగు
ఫ్లేపరన్
fle-peh-ran
THไทย
แฟลเปอรอน
fah-la-peh-ron
TLTL
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
TRTürkçe
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
UKУкраїнська
крило
kry-loh
URاردو
فلپیرون
fla-peh-roon
VITiếng Việt
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
YOYO
flaperon
fla-peh-ron
ZH中文
襟翼
jīn yì
ZUZU
flaperon
fla-peh-ron

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