"Zeppelin" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Zeppelin.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Zeppelin}} German Zeppelin, {{m|de|Zepelin}} Zepelin, {{doublet|en|cepelinas}} Doublet of cepelinas Head templates: {{en-prop}} Zeppelin
  1. A German manufacturing company, famed for building the Zeppelin airships.
    Sense id: en-Zeppelin-en-name-wvulzW~L
  2. Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Led Zeppelin Categories (topical): Aircraft, History of the United Kingdom, World War I Synonyms: zeppelin Related terms: airship, balloon, barrage balloon, blimp, dirigible, hot air balloon
    Sense id: en-Zeppelin-en-name-m~vJqWV- Disambiguation of Aircraft: 5 26 33 36 0 Disambiguation of History of the United Kingdom: 11 53 16 16 4 Disambiguation of World War I: 11 54 16 15 4 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English terms with optional capitalization Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 46 21 16 0 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 52 20 10 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 48 22 16 0 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 16 55 17 12 0 Disambiguation of English terms with optional capitalization: 17 51 21 11 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Zeppelin.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Zeppelins [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Zeppelin}} German Zeppelin, {{m|de|Zepelin}} Zepelin, {{doublet|en|cepelinas}} Doublet of cepelinas Head templates: {{en-noun}} Zeppelin (plural Zeppelins)
  1. (aviation) A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs. Categories (topical): Aviation, Aircraft Synonyms: rigid, rigid airship, dirigible Hypernyms: airship, dirigible Derived forms: go down like a lead zeppelin, go over like a lead zeppelin, zeppelin bend, zeppelin mail, Zeppelin stamp Translations (a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century): zepelín [masculine] (Asturian), zepelí [masculine] (Catalan), ᎠᎳᏫᏗᏍᎩ (alawidisgi) (Cherokee), 齊柏林飛船 (Chinese Mandarin), 齐柏林飞船 (qíbólín fēichuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 硬式飛船 (Chinese Mandarin), 硬式飞船 (yìngshì fēichuán) (Chinese Mandarin), zepelino (Esperanto), tsepeliin (Estonian), zeppeliini (Finnish), zeppelin [masculine] (French), cepelín [masculine] (Galician), Zeppelin [masculine] (German), αερόπλοιο (aeróploio) [neuter] (Greek), zeppelin (Hungarian), ツェッペリン (tsepperin) (Japanese), 체펠린 (chepellin) (Korean), cepelinas [masculine] (Lithuanian), цепели́н (cepelín) [masculine] (Macedonian), zepelim [masculine] (Portuguese), zepelin [neuter] (Romanian), цеппели́н (ceppelín) [masculine] (Russian), дирижа́бль (dirižáblʹ) [masculine] (Russian), дирижа̀бл [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), цепелин [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dirižàbl [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), cepelin [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dirigible [masculine] (Spanish), zepelín [masculine] (Spanish), zeppelinare [common-gender] (Swedish), sepelin (Tagalog), zeplin (Turkish), hava gemisi (Turkish), цепелі́н (cepelín) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дирижа́бль (dyryžáblʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Zeppelin-en-noun-0uNIVboA Disambiguation of Aircraft: 5 26 33 36 0 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century': 62 38 0
  2. (aviation, by extension, informal) A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century. Tags: broadly, informal Categories (topical): Aviation, Aircraft, History of Germany
    Sense id: en-Zeppelin-en-noun-Fbj7ovKD Disambiguation of Aircraft: 5 26 33 36 0 Disambiguation of History of Germany: 12 0 8 81 0 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (slang, rare) The penis. Tags: rare, slang
    Sense id: en-Zeppelin-en-noun-JrEPyTmp

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Alternative forms

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