different between aviator vs cockpit

English

Etymology

From French aviateur

Noun

aviator (plural aviators, feminine aviatress or aviatrix)

1. An aircraft pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot.
2. (obsolete) An experimenter in aviation.
3. (obsolete) A flying machine.

Synonyms

• flier, flyer

Hyponyms

• aviatrix (specifically female)

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aviateur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vi.a?tor/

Noun

aviator m (plural aviatori, feminine equivalent aviatoare)

1. aviator

Declension

Synonyms

• zbur?tor

Derived terms

• femeie-aviator

Related terms

• aviatic
• avia?ie

References

• aviator in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From cock +? pit.

Noun

cockpit (plural cockpits)

1. The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile). [from 20th c.]
2. The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
3. (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting. [from 16th c.]
4. (figuratively) A site of conflict; a battlefield. [from 16th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan 2017, p. 170:

     India became the cockpit in which it was shown that trade was war carried on under another name.

5. (vulgar, slang) The vagina. [from 17th c.]
6. (Jamaican) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes. [from 17th c.]
7. (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay. [from 17th c.]
8. (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located. [from 18th c.]
9. (figuratively) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (control area of an airplane): flight deck, office

Derived terms

• bathtub cockpit
• cockpit voice recorder, cockpit recorder
• glass cockpit
• greenhouse cockpit

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• Pitcock, cocktip

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (plural cockpits)

1. cockpit

Further reading

• “cockpit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpiter, definite plural cockpitene)

1. (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)

References

• “cockpit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpitar, definite plural cockpitane)

1. (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)

References

• “cockpit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.