pilot

planta pilot


pilot

pilot de cera


pilot

pilot (nominative singular)
piloti (nominative plural)
pilotové (nominative plural)
pilota (genitive singular)
pilotů (genitive plural)
pilotovi (dative singular)
pilotu (dative singular)
pilotům (dative plural)
pilota (accusative singular)
piloty (accusative plural)
pilote (singular vocative)
piloti (plural vocative)
pilotové (plural vocative)
pilotovi (locative singular)
pilotu (locative singular)
pilotech (locative plural)
pilotem (instrumental singular)
piloty (instrumental plural)


pilot

head

pilot c (singular definite piloten, plural indefinite piloter)

piloten (definite singular)
piloter (indefinite plural)
pilot (indefinite nominative singular)
piloten (definite nominative singular)
piloter (indefinite nominative plural)
piloterne (definite nominative plural)
pilots (genitive indefinite singular)
pilotens (definite genitive singular)
piloters (genitive indefinite plural)
piloternes (definite genitive plural)


pilot

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.

1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

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.

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.

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

A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.

“I agreed with my husband when he said that to do the business properly we must do a pilot first.”

2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 40:

We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.

(mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

(telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.

(aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.

I think her biggest deal was she starred in a pilot.[…]Well, the way they pick TV shows is they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that one show to the people who pick shows, and on the strength of that one show, they decide if they wanna make more shows.

1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):

(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.

Julia has become quite a good kite pilot. She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.

2003, John P. Glaser, A Father's Collage, page 31:

A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

→ Dari: پیلوت (pilot)

→ Hindi: पायलट (pāylaṭ)

→ Japanese: パイロット (pairotto)

→ Korean: 파일럿 (pailleot)

→ Northern Kurdish: pîlot

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person who helps navigate the harbor or coast

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 *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder”).


pilot

a pilot run of the new factory

The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.

Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.

a pilot light

Used to control or activate another device.

a pilot vehicle

Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.

varoitus-

being a vehicle to warn other road users


pilot

I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.

1975, John H. Reed, Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information, page 30:

(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.)

One of the Midland Lines' Birmingham R.C.W. Type 2 diesels, No. D5403, made the debut of its class in the Manchester area on July 28 when it appeared in the early hours on freight; after four days in the area it left for the south piloting B.R./Sulzer Type 4 diesel No. D88 on the 2.25 Manchester Central-St. Pancras.

1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Midland Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 279:

(rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.

en-verb

pilot (third-person singular simple present pilots, present participle piloting, simple past and past participle piloted)

pilots (present singular third-person)
piloting (participle present)
piloted (participle past)
piloted (past)


pilot

(aviation) aviator, pilot: A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.

Internationalism, borrowed from English pilot, 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 *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”).


pilot

(with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive of pilēt


pilot

adverbial invariable present active participle of pilēt


pilot

stake (pole designed to be pushed into the ground)


pilot

piloten (definite singular)
piloter (indefinite plural)
pilotene (definite plural)


pilot

piloten (definite singular)
pilotar (indefinite plural)
pilotane (definite plural)


pilot

pilot (nominative singular)
piloci (nominative plural)
piloty (derogatory nominative plural)
pilota (genitive singular)
pilotów (genitive plural)
pilotowi (dative singular)
pilotom (dative plural)
pilota (accusative singular)
pilotów (accusative plural)
pilotem (instrumental singular)
pilotami (instrumental plural)
pilocie (locative singular)
pilotach (locative plural)
pilocie (singular vocative)
piloci (plural vocative)


pilot

(film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film)

pilot (nominative singular)
piloty (nominative plural)
pilota (genitive singular)
pilotów (genitive plural)
pilotowi (dative singular)
pilotom (dative plural)
pilot (accusative singular)
piloty (accusative plural)
pilotem (instrumental singular)
pilotami (instrumental plural)
pilocie (locative singular)
pilotach (locative plural)
pilocie (singular vocative)
piloty (plural vocative)


pilot

piloți (plural)
pilot (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pilotul (accusative definite nominative singular)
piloți (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
piloții (accusative definite nominative plural)
pilot (indefinite singular)
pilotului (definite singular)
piloți (indefinite singular)
piloților (definite plural)
pilotule (singular vocative)
piloților (vocative)


pilot

Piloten är den som styr ett flygplan, helikopter, rymdskepp eller dylikt

The pilot is the person who controls an airplane, helicopter, spaceship, or the like

pilot (indefinite nominative singular)
pilots (genitive indefinite singular)
piloten (definite nominative singular)
pilotens (definite genitive singular)
piloter (indefinite nominative plural)
piloters (genitive indefinite plural)
piloterna (definite nominative plural)
piloternas (definite genitive plural)


pilot

head

pilot (definite accusative pilotu, plural pilotlar)

pilotu (accusative definite)
pilotlar (plural)