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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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director
English
Alternative forms
- directour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d????kt?(?)/, /da????kt?(?)/, /da??????kt?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /d????kt?/, /da????kt?/
- Rhymes: -?kt?(?)
Noun
director (plural directors, feminine directress or directrix)
- One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
- A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
- That which directs or orientates something.
- 1971, United States. Office of Saline Water, Distillation Digest (volume 3, page 76)
- Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]
- 1971, United States. Office of Saline Water, Distillation Digest (volume 3, page 76)
- (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
- (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
Derived terms
- director circle
- director conic
Translations
Anagrams
- creditor
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus, attested from 1696.
Noun
director m (plural directors, feminine directora)
- director
- conductor
- headteacher, principal
Related terms
- direcció
- dirigir
- directe
Further reading
- “director” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “director” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “director” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References
Portuguese
Adjective
director m (feminine singular directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras, comparable)
- Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Noun
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- Superseded spelling of diretor. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)
Romanian
Etymology
From French directeur
Noun
director m (plural directori)
- director
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?
Noun
director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)
- director
- conductor (of musical ensembles)
- (school) principal (North America), headmaster (Britain)
Derived terms
Related terms
- directora
- dirección
- dirigir
- directo
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