wingspan

English

wing +‎ span

wingspan (plural wingspans)

(usually in singular) The distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip (of a bird, airplane etc.).
The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird.
(usually in singular) One's arm span. See also fathom#Noun

the distance from left wingtip to right

Catalan: envergadura f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 翼展 (zh) (yìzhǎn)
Czech: rozpětí křídel n
Danish: vingefang n
Dutch: spanwijdte (nl)
Esperanto: enverguro
Finnish: siipien kärkiväli, siipiväli (fi), kärkiväli
French: envergure (fr) f
Georgian: ფრთების შლილი (prtebis šlili), ფრთათშორისი განი (prtatšorisi gani)
German: Flügelspannweite (de) f, Spannweite (de) f
Hungarian: szárnyfesztávolság, fesztávolság (hu), fesztáv (hu), szárnyszélesség (hu)
Icelandic: vænghaf (is) n
Irish: réise sciathán f
Italian: apertura alare (it) f
Khakas: талбас (talbas)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vingespenn n
Polish: rozpiętość skrzydeł f
Portuguese: envergadura (pt) f
Spanish: envergadura (es) f
Swedish: vingbredd
Welsh: lled esgyll m (aviation), lled adenydd m

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