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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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convoy
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Medieval Latin convio (“to accompany on the way”), from Latin com- (“together”) + via (“way”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.v??/
Noun
convoy (plural convoys)
- (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
- A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
- The act of convoying; protection.
Related terms
- convey
Translations
Verb
convoy (third-person singular simple present convoys, present participle convoying, simple past and past participle convoyed)
- (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
- A frigate convoys a merchantman.
- I know ye skilful to convoy
The total freight of hope and joy.
- I know ye skilful to convoy
Translations
Further reading
- convoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- convoy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- convoy at OneLook Dictionary Search
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English convoy, itself from French convoi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?komboi/, [?kõm.boi?]
- Rhymes: -oi
Noun
convoy m (plural convoyes)
- convoy
References
- “convoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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