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airplane is a common noun.  Its two syllables, air plane, are pronounced AIR plane.  There are 3 definitions.

Definition 1 is:  A flying-machine sustained in the air when moved through it, as by a motor-engine, with one or more planes at a slight angle.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

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aeroplane is a noun.  See Definition 1 above.

plane is a noun.  Definition 4 of 4 is:  A supporting surface of an aeroplane.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

monoplane is a noun.  The only definition is:  An aeroplane with one pair of wings.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

biplane is a noun.  The only definition is:  A form of aeroplane consisting of two planes arranged one above the other:  distinguished from monoplane and triplane.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary. A long-distance trans-Atlantic non-stop air-flight of 1,932 miles from Saint John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland, in 16 hours 12 minutes, was made by Captain J. Alcock and Lieutenant A. W. Brown of the British Royal Flying Corps, in a Vickers biplane, June 14 and 15, 1919.

triplane is a noun.  The only definition is:  An aeroplane consisting of three supporting planes arranged one above the other.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

Definition 2 is:  One of the supporting surfaces or planes by means of which a flying-machine is sustained in the air.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

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wing as a noun.  Definition 8 of 8 is:  A sustaining surface, as of a flying-machine.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

Definition 3 is:  A small plane for experiments in aerostatics.  Source: Practical Standard Dictionary

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aerostatics is a noun.  Definition 1 of 2 is:  The branch of pneumatics that treats of the mechanical properties of air and gases not in motion.

The singular possessive of airplane is:  airplane's.  The plural of airplane is:  airplanes.  The plural possessive of airplanes is:  airplanes'.

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