No. 2,115 in French
aériennes
"Relating to the air or aviation."
In a sentence
Les compagnies aériennes desservent des destinations internationales.
Airlines serve international destinations.
Here, 'aériennes' is used as an adjective modifying 'compagnies', referring to companies related to air travel.
L'armée dispose de forces aériennes pour les missions à haute altitude.
The army has air forces for high-altitude missions.
In this sentence, 'aériennes' describes 'forces', indicating their association with operations in the air.
Les photographies aériennes aident à cartographier les régions difficiles d'accès.
Aerial photographs help to map out regions that are hard to access.
The term 'aériennes' here attributes the nature of the photographs being taken from the air.
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