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Meaning of airbus in English:

airbus

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noun

Trademark

  • An aircraft designed to carry a large number of passengers economically, especially over relatively short routes.

Origin

Early 20th century (first recorded in 1910 in reference to a projected type of aircraft, and from the 1960s used as a general term for a short- to medium-range airliner): from air + bus. The Airbus company was formed in 1970 to design and build passenger aircraft.

Pronunciation

airbus

/ˈɛːbʌs/