piloter

English

Etymology

From pilot +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪlətə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

piloter (plural piloters)

1. (rare) One who pilots or steers.
   • 1937, English Journal, volume 26, page 205:

     As piloters of youth through the confused seas of our national problems we must analyze the influence of the movie and the radio upon our clientele and, more particularly, its effect upon reading.

Synonyms

• pilot

Anagrams

• Triple-O, petroil, poitrel, politer, repilot, triple O, tripole

French

Etymology

From pilote +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.lɔ.te/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

piloter

1. to pilot (control an aircraft)
2. to pilot (control a vessel)
3. to drive (control a vehicle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of piloter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	piloter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pilotant /pi.lɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		piloté /pi.lɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pilote /pi.lɔt/	pilotes /pi.lɔt/	pilote /pi.lɔt/	pilotons /pi.lɔ.tɔ̃/	pilotez /pi.lɔ.te/	pilotent /pi.lɔt/
	imperfect	pilotais /pi.lɔ.tɛ/	pilotais /pi.lɔ.tɛ/	pilotait /pi.lɔ.tɛ/	pilotions /pi.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	pilotiez /pi.lɔ.tje/	pilotaient /pi.lɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	pilotai /pi.lɔ.te/	pilotas /pi.lɔ.ta/	pilota /pi.lɔ.ta/	pilotâmes /pi.lɔ.tam/	pilotâtes /pi.lɔ.tat/	pilotèrent /pi.lɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	piloterai /pi.lɔ.tʁe/	piloteras /pi.lɔ.tʁa/	pilotera /pi.lɔ.tʁa/	piloterons /pi.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/	piloterez /pi.lɔ.tʁe/	piloteront /pi.lɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	piloterais /pi.lɔ.tʁɛ/	piloterais /pi.lɔ.tʁɛ/	piloterait /pi.lɔ.tʁɛ/	piloterions /pi.lɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	piloteriez /pi.lɔ.tə.ʁje/	piloteraient /pi.lɔ.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	pilote /pi.lɔt/	pilotes /pi.lɔt/	pilote /pi.lɔt/	pilotions /pi.lɔ.tjɔ̃/	pilotiez /pi.lɔ.tje/	pilotent /pi.lɔt/
	imperfect2	pilotasse /pi.lɔ.tas/	pilotasses /pi.lɔ.tas/	pilotât /pi.lɔ.ta/	pilotassions /pi.lɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	pilotassiez /pi.lɔ.ta.sje/	pilotassent /pi.lɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pilote /pi.lɔt/	—	pilotons /pi.lɔ.tɔ̃/	pilotez /pi.lɔ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• pilotage

Further reading

• “piloter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

piloter m

1. indefinite plural of pilot