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pilot
English
Etymology
From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *??????? (*p?d?t?s, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek ????? (p?dón, “blade of an oar, oar”), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek ???????? (p?dálion, “rudder”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pa?l?t/
- Rhymes: -a?l?t
Noun
pilot (plural pilots)
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- 1697, John Dryden, The Works of Virgil, The Aeneid Book One
- They scud before the wind, and sail in open sea.
Ahead of all the master pilot steers;
And, as he leads, the following navy veers.
- They scud before the wind, and sail in open sea.
- 1697, John Dryden, The Works of Virgil, The Aeneid Book One
- A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, E. L. Cary and A. Hart, page 43:
- So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, E. L. Cary and A. Hart, page 43:
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- A pilot light.
- One who flies a kite.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
pilot (not comparable)
- Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
- a pilot run of the new factory
- The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
- Used to control or activate another device.
- a pilot light
- Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
- a pilot vehicle
Translations
Verb
pilot (third-person singular simple present pilots, present participle piloting, simple past and past participle piloted)
- (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
- (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
Translations
References
- pilot at OneLook Dictionary Search
- pilot in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- potli, ptilo-, topil
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /pi?l?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
pilot (feminine pilota, masculine plural pilots, feminine plural pilotes)
- pilot
Noun
pilot m (plural pilots)
- pilot
- driver
- light, warning light
Derived terms
- copilot
Further reading
- “pilot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pilot” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “pilot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pilot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Noun
pilot m
- pilot (controller of aircraft)
Declension
Derived terms
- pilotní
- pilotovat
Further reading
- pilot in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- pilot in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Noun
pilot c (singular definite piloten, plural indefinite piloter)
- pilot
Declension
References
- “pilot” in Den Danske Ordbog
Latvian
Noun
pilot
- vocative singular form of pilots
Verb
pilot
- present conjunctive form of pil?t
- (with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive form of pil?t
Participle
pilot (invariable)
- adverbial present active participle of pil?t (invariable form)
Middle French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
pilot m (plural pilots)
- stake (pole designed to be pushed into the ground)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French pilote
Noun
pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural piloter, definite plural pilotene)
- pilot (controller of an aircraft)
Synonyms
- flyger
Derived terms
- autopilot
- pilotprosjekt
References
- “pilot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French pilote
Noun
pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural pilotar, definite plural pilotane)
- pilot (controller of an aircraft)
Derived terms
- autopilot
- pilotprosjekt
References
- “pilot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?i.l?t/
Noun
pilot m pers
- pilot (controller of aircraft)
Declension
Noun
pilot m inan
- remote control
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pilote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi?lot/
Noun
pilot m (plural pilo?i)
- pilot
Declension
Related terms
- aeroport
- avion
- a pilota
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chaperon
English
Alternative forms
- chaperone
Etymology
From French chaperon (“hood”), from Middle French, "head covering", from Old French chape
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??æ.p???o?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??æ.p?????n/
Noun
chaperon (plural chaperons)
- An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
- A type of hood, often ornamental or official, with an attached cape and a tail, later worn as a hat with the face hole put over the top of the head instead.
- August 30 1632, James Howell, "To the Right Honourable the Lord Mohun" in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ
- His head and face cover'd with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through.
- August 30 1632, James Howell, "To the Right Honourable the Lord Mohun" in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ
- A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
Translations
Verb
chaperon (third-person singular simple present chaperons, present participle chaperoning, simple past and past participle chaperoned)
- to accompany, to escort
- to mother
Translations
Anagrams
- Cape Horn, canephor, car phone, carphone
French
Etymology
From Old French, from chape (“head covering”) as the women who acted as chaperones wore head coverings. Equivalent to chape +? -eron. More at English cap, cape
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.p???/
Noun
chaperon m (plural chaperons)
- chaperon
Derived terms
- chaperonnage
- chaperonner
- chaperonnier
- Petit Chaperon rouge
Further reading
- “chaperon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From chape
Noun
chaperon m (oblique plural chaperons, nominative singular chaperons, nominative plural chaperon)
- a hairstyle popular in the Middle Ages
- headscarf for a woman
- (falconry) hood for a bird of prey
- type of sailing vessel
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