French Airplane Vocabulary: Names For Parts of the Plane

l’avion

On this page you’ll find a of French airplane vocabulary. This list covers multiple parts of the aircraft, different kids of aircrafts as well as a few key verbs.

Vocabulary list

aileron l’aireron
airliner un avoin de ligne
airplane/aircraft un avion
bomber le bombardier
cabin la cabine
co-pilot le copilote
cockpit un cockpit
engine un réacteur
exit la sortie
fighter plane le chasseur
fine la dérive
fuselage un fuselage
helicopter l’hélicoptère
hot air balloon la montgolfière
landing gear le train d’atterrissage
latitude l’altitude
light aircraft l’avoin léger
microlight l’ULM
nose (of the plane) le nez
nose wheel la roue de nez
pilot le pilote
private jet le jet privé
propeller l’hélice
sea plane l’hydravion
seat le siège
supersonic jet l’avion supersonique
tail la queue
tailplane l’empennage
window un hublot
wing une aile

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Parts of the plane (Frenchtoday.com)

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