aeronaut

See also: aëronaut

English

Alternative forms

• aëronaut

Etymology

From aero- +‎ -naut, from the French aéronaute; compare the Italian aeronauta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹəˌnɔːt/
• IPA^(key): (US) /ˈɛɹəˌnɔt/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈɛɹəˌnɑt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

aeronaut (plural aeronauts)

1. A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "Well, what is it that he does that I don't do? Just say the word, - teetotal, vegetarian, aeronaut, theosophist, superman."

Derived terms

• aeronautism

 

Related terms

• aeronautic
• aeronautical
• aeronautics
• astronaut

 

Translations

one who glides through the air in an airship

• Catalan: aeronauta m or f
• French: aéronaute (fr) m or f
• German: Aeronaut (de) m, Aeronautin (de) f
• Greek: αεροναύτης (el) m (aeronáftis)
• Italian: aeronauta (it) m or f
• Ottoman Turkish: بالونجی (baloncı)
• Polish: aeronauta (pl) m (dated), aeronautka f (dated)
• Portuguese: aeronauta (pt) m or f
• Spanish: aeronauta (es) m or f
• Swahili: mwanahewa (sw)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aéronaute.

Noun

aeronaut m (plural aeronauți)

1. aeronaut

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aeronaut	aeronautul		aeronauți	aeronauții
genitive-dative	aeronaut	aeronautului		aeronauți	aeronauților
vocative	aeronautule			aeronauților