airplane mode

English

Noun

airplane mode (countable and uncountable, plural airplane modes)

1. A feature included on some cellular phones or laptops which disables the radio, thus precluding any interference with avionics and allowing the phone's stand-alone features (such as its games or scheduler) to be used safely in environments requiring minimal radio interference.

   Synonyms: flight mode, aeroplane mode

   Coordinate terms: vibrate mode, silent mode

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 飛行模式／飞行模式 (fei¹ hang⁴ mou⁴ sik¹)

  Mandarin: 飛行模式／飞行模式 (fēixíng móshì)

• Dutch: vliegtuigstand m
• Finnish: lentotila
• French: mode avion (fr) m
• Galician: modo avión m
• Georgian: თვითმფრინავის რეჟიმი (tvitmprinavis režimi), ფრენის რეჟიმი (prenis režimi)
• German: Flugmodus m, Flugzeugmodus m
• Hebrew: מַצַּב טִיסָה m (matsáv tisá)
• Hungarian: repülőgép mód
• Italian: modalità aereo f
• Japanese: 航空機モード (こうくうきモード, kōkūki mōdo), 機内モード (ja) (きないモード, kinai mōdo)
• Korean: 비행기 모드 (bihaenggi modeu)
• Polish: tryb samolotowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: modo avião m
• Russian: режи́м полёта m (režím poljóta)
• Spanish: modo avión m
• Swedish: flygplansläge

Further reading

• “airplane mode”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “airplane mode”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “airplane mode”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.