FAC

(Canada, military, aviation) Abbreviation of Force aérienne du Canada: CAF (“Canadian Air Force”)


avion renifleur

fr-noun

avion renifleur m (plural avions renifleurs)


parachute

→ Azerbaijani: paraşüt

→ Albanian: parashutë

desctree

→ Dutch: parachute
→ Papiamentu: parachüt

→ English: parachute

→ Ottoman Turkish: پاراشوت (paraşüt)

Turkish: paraşüt

→ Russian: парашю́т (parašút)
→ Armenian: պարաշյուտ (parašyut)
→ Kazakh: парашют (paraşüt)

From para- (“protection against”) + chute (“fall”).

af

En dessous il y a les godes et les plugs, rangés par taille sur deux étagères: deux gros plugs, quatre petits, quatre godes doubles, huit godes simples. En dessous il y a le petit matériel, accroché à des clous: cinq paires de pinces à seins différentes, des pinces à linge, un parachute pour les couilles, tin collier de chien, deux cagoules, une en cuir, une en latex, six cockrings, en acier, en cuir, simples ou avec serre-couilles incorporé, deux étuis à bite […]

1996, Guillaume Dustan, Dans ma chambre [In My Room], Paris: POL, page 71; quoted in David Caron, My Father and I: The Marais and the Queerness of Community, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 2009, →ISBN, page 106:

Below there are the dildos and plugs, ranging in size on two shelves: two big plugs, four small, four double-dildos, eight simple dildos. Below there is the small equipment, hung on nails: five pairs of different nipple clamps, clothes pegs, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one leather, one latex, six cockrings, in steel, in leather, simple or with built-in ball clamps, two cock-sleeves […]

(BDSM) parachute (scrotum collar from which weights can be hung)


piste

→ Catalan: pista

→ Dutch: piste

→ English: piste

→ German: Piste

→ Greek: πίστα (písta)

→ Persian: پیست (pist)

→ Turkish: pist

Borrowed from Italian pista, variant of pesta (“footprint”).

piste d’atterrissage


hélicoptère

→ Danish: helikopter

desctree

→ English: helicopter
→ Amharic: ሄሊኮፕተር (helikoptär)
→ Cebuano: helikopter
→ Malay: helikopter
→ Tagalog: helikopter

→ Polish: helikopter

→ Romanian: elicopter

→ Serbo-Croatian: helikopter

→ Persian: هلیکوپتر (helikopter)

→ Turkish: helikopter

From Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Coined in 1861 by Gustave de Ponton d'Amécourt.


aviation

→ Bulgarian: авиа́ция (aviácija)

→ Catalan: aviació

→ Italian: aviazione

→ Russian: авиа́ция (aviácija) (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: aviación
→ Tagalog: abyasyon

→ Ukrainian: авіа́ція (aviácija)

Coined by G. de la Landelle together with aviateur; from Latin avis (“bird”) + -ation.


taxi

→ Polish: taxi

→ Persian: تاکسی (tâksi)

(by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport


avion

→ Bulgarian: авион (avion)

→ Catalan: avió

→ Esperanto: avio

→ Galician: avión

Haitian Creole: avyon

→ Luxembourgish: Avion

→ Macedonian: авион (avion)

Mauritian Creole: avyon

→ Occitan: avion

→ Portuguese: avião
→ Hunsrik: Aviong

→ Romanian: avion

→ Serbo-Croatian: avion

Seychellois Creole: avyon

→ Slovene: avion

desctree

→ Spanish: avión
→ Southeastern Tepehuan: abion
→ Zoogocho Zapotec: avión

Coined by French inventor and engineer Clément Ader for a patent application. From earlier Avion (1875), from Latin avis (“bird”) + -on, replacing earlier aéroplane after WWI.

coin

Regarde comme cet avion vole vite !

– Qu’est ce que c’est que cette chose-là? – Ce n’est pas une chose. Ça vole. C’est un avion. C’est mon avion. Et j’étais fier de lui apprendre que je volais. Alors il s’écria: – Comment! tu es tombé du ciel!

1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince:

— What is that thing? — That's not a thing. It flies. It's an airplane. It's my airplane. And I was proud to teach him that I was flying. Then he exclaimed: — What! You fell from the sky!


tarmac

Borrowed from English, a clipping of tarmacadam. Genericized trademark.


voler

voler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
volant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
volé (participle past)
vole (first-person indicative present singular)
voles (indicative present second-person singular)
vole (indicative present singular third-person)
volons (first-person indicative plural present)
volez (indicative plural present second-person)
volent (indicative plural present third-person)
volais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
volais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
volait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
volions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
voliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
volaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
volai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
volas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
vola (historic indicative past singular third-person)
volâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
volâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
volèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
volerai (first-person future indicative singular)
voleras (future indicative second-person singular)
volera (future indicative singular third-person)
volerons (first-person future indicative plural)
volerez (future indicative plural second-person)
voleront (future indicative plural third-person)
volerais (conditional first-person singular)
volerais (conditional second-person singular)
volerait (conditional singular third-person)
volerions (conditional first-person plural)
voleriez (conditional plural second-person)
voleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
vole (first-person present singular subjunctive)
voles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
vole (present singular subjunctive third-person)
volions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
voliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
volent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
volasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
volasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
volât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
volassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
volassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
volassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
vole (imperative second-person singular)
volons (first-person imperative plural)
volez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French voler, from Latin volāre. Displaced Old French rober (Modern French rober has changed in meaning to "to wrap a cigar in a sheet of tobacco").

donner c’est donner, reprendre c’est voler

Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?


ARC

(Canada, military, aviation) Abbreviation of Aviation royale canadienne; RCAF (“Royal Canadian Air Force”)


fuselage

→ Catalan: fuselatge

→ English: fuselage

→ Portuguese: fuselagem

desctree

→ Russian: фюзеля́ж (fjuzeljáž)
→ Kazakh: фюзеляж (füzeläj)

→ Spanish: fuselaje

→ Ukrainian: фюзеля́ж (fjuzeljáž)

Etymology tree
French fuseler
French -age
French fuselage
From fuseler + -age.


cabine

→ Catalan: cabina

→ Czech: kabina

→ Danish: kabine

→ Dutch: cabine

→ German: Kabine

→ Galician: cabina

→ Hungarian: kabin

→ Italian: cabina

→ North Frisian: kabine

→ Polish: kabina

→ Portuguese: cabina, cabine

→ Romanian: cabină

→ Russian: кабина (kabina)

→ Slovak: kabína

→ Slovene: kabina

→ Spanish: cabina

→ Turkish: kabin

Borrowed from English cabin. Doublet of cabane.


écraser

écraser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
écrasant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
écrasé (participle past)
écrase (first-person indicative present singular)
écrases (indicative present second-person singular)
écrase (indicative present singular third-person)
écrasons (first-person indicative plural present)
écrasez (indicative plural present second-person)
écrasent (indicative plural present third-person)
écrasais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
écrasais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
écrasait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
écrasions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
écrasiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
écrasaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
écrasai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
écrasas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
écrasa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
écrasâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
écrasâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
écrasèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
écraserai (first-person future indicative singular)
écraseras (future indicative second-person singular)
écrasera (future indicative singular third-person)
écraserons (first-person future indicative plural)
écraserez (future indicative plural second-person)
écraseront (future indicative plural third-person)
écraserais (conditional first-person singular)
écraserais (conditional second-person singular)
écraserait (conditional singular third-person)
écraserions (conditional first-person plural)
écraseriez (conditional plural second-person)
écraseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
écrase (first-person present singular subjunctive)
écrases (present second-person singular subjunctive)
écrase (present singular subjunctive third-person)
écrasions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
écrasiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
écrasent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
écrasasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
écrasasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
écrasât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
écrasassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
écrasassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
écrasassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
écrase (imperative second-person singular)
écrasons (first-person imperative plural)
écrasez (imperative plural second-person)

From Middle French ecraser (“to squash”), from Middle English crasen (“to break, shatter”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative. More at craze.


boucle

→ Catalan: bucle m

→ Esperanto: buklo

→ Galician: bucle

→ Greek: μπούκλα (boúkla)

→ Portuguese: bucle

→ Romanian: buclă

→ Russian: бу́кля (búklja)

→ Spanish: bucle m

→ Turkish: bukle

Inherited from Old French boucle, bocle, from Latin buccula (“the cheek strap of a helmet”), diminutive of bucca.

inh

(aviation) loop the loop (aircraft manoeuvre)


atterrir

atterrir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
atterrissant (gerund participle present)
atterrissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
atterri (participle past)
atterri (participle past)
atterris (first-person indicative present singular)
atterris (first-person indicative present singular)
atterris (indicative present second-person singular)
atterris (indicative present second-person singular)
atterrit (indicative present singular third-person)
atterrit (indicative present singular third-person)
atterrissons (first-person indicative plural present)
atterrissons (first-person indicative plural present)
atterrissez (indicative plural present second-person)
atterrissez (indicative plural present second-person)
atterrissent (indicative plural present third-person)
atterrissent (indicative plural present third-person)
atterrissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
atterrissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
atterrissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
atterrissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
atterrissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
atterrissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
atterrissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
atterrissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
atterrissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
atterrissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
atterrissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
atterrissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
atterris (first-person historic indicative past singular)
atterris (first-person historic indicative past singular)
atterris (historic indicative past second-person singular)
atterris (historic indicative past second-person singular)
atterrit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
atterrit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
atterrîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
atterrîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
atterrîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
atterrîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
atterrirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
atterrirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
atterrirai (first-person future indicative singular)
atterrirai (first-person future indicative singular)
atterriras (future indicative second-person singular)
atterriras (future indicative second-person singular)
atterrira (future indicative singular third-person)
atterrira (future indicative singular third-person)
atterrirons (first-person future indicative plural)
atterrirons (first-person future indicative plural)
atterrirez (future indicative plural second-person)
atterrirez (future indicative plural second-person)
atterriront (future indicative plural third-person)
atterriront (future indicative plural third-person)
atterrirais (conditional first-person singular)
atterrirais (conditional first-person singular)
atterrirais (conditional second-person singular)
atterrirais (conditional second-person singular)
atterrirait (conditional singular third-person)
atterrirait (conditional singular third-person)
atterririons (conditional first-person plural)
atterririons (conditional first-person plural)
atterririez (conditional plural second-person)
atterririez (conditional plural second-person)
atterriraient (conditional plural third-person)
atterriraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
atterrisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
atterrisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
atterrisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
atterrisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
atterrisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
atterrisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
atterrissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
atterrissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
atterrissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
atterrissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
atterrissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
atterrissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
atterrisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
atterrisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
atterrisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
atterrisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
atterrît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
atterrît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
atterrissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
atterrissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
atterrissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
atterrissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
atterrissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
atterrissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
atterris (imperative second-person singular)
atterris (imperative second-person singular)
atterrissons (first-person imperative plural)
atterrissons (first-person imperative plural)
atterrissez (imperative plural second-person)
atterrissez (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive) to land (a plane, helicopter etc.)


aéroplane

→ English: aeroplane

→ Esperanto: aeroplano

→ Galician: aeroplano

→ German: Aeroplan

→ Greek: αεροπλάνο (aeropláno)

→ Ido: aeroplano

→ Interlingua: aeroplano

→ Italian: aeroplano

→ New Latin: āeroplanum

→ Persian: آیروپلان (âyroplân)

→ Portuguese: aeroplano

→ Romanian: aeroplan

desctree

→ Spanish: aeroplano
→ Basque: aeroplano
→ Bikol Central: eroplano
→ Cebuano: ayroplano
→ Tagalog: eroplano
→ Waray-Waray: eroplano
→ Yogad: eroplano

Coined by French aviation pioneer and sculptor Joseph Pline in 1855, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”).


glissade

→ English: glissade

→ Portuguese: glissada


montgolfière

Montgolfier + -ière. Named after Montgolfier brothers, inventors of the hot-air balloon.


aérodrome

→ Albanian: aerodrom

→ Greek: αεροδρόμιο (aerodrómio)

→ Macedonian: аеродром (aerodrom)

→ Romanian: aerodrom

→ Russian: аэродром (aerodrom)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: аеродром

Latin script: aerodrom

→ Ukrainian: аеродром (aerodrom)


hélice

Borrowed from Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix).


perche

Inherited from Old French perche, from Latin pertica, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *pert'ca. Compare Catalan perxa.


passerelle

→ English: passerelle

→ German: Passerelle

desctree

→ Italian: passerella
→ Catalan: passarel·la
→ Spanish: pasarela


compas

→ Portuguese: compasso

→ Burmese: ကွန်ပါ (kwanpa)

→ Romanian: compas

Inherited from Old French compas, from Latin com- + passus.


décrocher

décrocher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
décrochant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
décroché (participle past)
décroche (first-person indicative present singular)
décroches (indicative present second-person singular)
décroche (indicative present singular third-person)
décrochons (first-person indicative plural present)
décrochez (indicative plural present second-person)
décrochent (indicative plural present third-person)
décrochais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
décrochais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
décrochait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
décrochions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
décrochiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
décrochaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
décrochai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
décrochas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
décrocha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
décrochâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
décrochâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
décrochèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
décrocherai (first-person future indicative singular)
décrocheras (future indicative second-person singular)
décrochera (future indicative singular third-person)
décrocherons (first-person future indicative plural)
décrocherez (future indicative plural second-person)
décrocheront (future indicative plural third-person)
décrocherais (conditional first-person singular)
décrocherais (conditional second-person singular)
décrocherait (conditional singular third-person)
décrocherions (conditional first-person plural)
décrocheriez (conditional plural second-person)
décrocheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
décroche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
décroches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
décroche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
décrochions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
décrochiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
décrochent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
décrochasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
décrochasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
décrochât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
décrochassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
décrochassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
décrochassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
décroche (imperative second-person singular)
décrochons (first-person imperative plural)
décrochez (imperative plural second-person)


mouchard

fr-noun

mouchard m (plural mouchards, feminine moucharde)

From mouche (“fly”) + -ard (pejorative suffix).


atterrissage

Coordinate term: décollage

landing on the ground; touchdown (of an aircraft)


décollage

→ Brazilian Portuguese: decolagem

→ English: décollage

takeoff, lift-off (e.g. of an aircraft from a surface into the air)


héliporter

héliporter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
héliportant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
héliporté (participle past)
héliporte (first-person indicative present singular)
héliportes (indicative present second-person singular)
héliporte (indicative present singular third-person)
héliportons (first-person indicative plural present)
héliportez (indicative plural present second-person)
héliportent (indicative plural present third-person)
héliportais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
héliportais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
héliportait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
héliportions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
héliportiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
héliportaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
héliportai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
héliportas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
héliporta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
héliportâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
héliportâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
héliportèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
héliporterai (first-person future indicative singular)
héliporteras (future indicative second-person singular)
héliportera (future indicative singular third-person)
héliporterons (first-person future indicative plural)
héliporterez (future indicative plural second-person)
héliporteront (future indicative plural third-person)
héliporterais (conditional first-person singular)
héliporterais (conditional second-person singular)
héliporterait (conditional singular third-person)
héliporterions (conditional first-person plural)
héliporteriez (conditional plural second-person)
héliporteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
héliporte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
héliportes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
héliporte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
héliportions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
héliportiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
héliportent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
héliportasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
héliportasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
héliportât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
héliportassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
héliportassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
héliportassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
héliporte (imperative second-person singular)
héliportons (first-person imperative plural)
héliportez (imperative plural second-person)

to helicopter (transport something by helicopter)


avion-citerne

fr-noun

avion-citerne f (plural avions-citernes)


porte-aéronefs

porte-aéronefs m (plural porte-aéronefs)


avion de combat

avion de combat m (plural avions de combat)


forces aériennes

(military) air force, air corps or flying corps


armée de l'air

armée de l’air f (usually uncountable, plural armées de l’air)

armée de l’ air (canonical feminine)
armées de l’air (plural)

Coordinate term: armée de terre


aérien

fr-adj

aérien (feminine aérienne, masculine plural aériens, feminine plural aériennes)

aérienne (feminine)
aériens (masculine plural)
aériennes (feminine plural)

→ English: aërian

Inherited from Old French aerien, equivalent to a learned borrowing from Latin āēr with suffix -ien.

compagnie aérienne

raid aérien


chapiteau

→ Czech: šapitó

Inherited from Old French chapitel, from Late Latin capitellum (likely a semi-learned borrowing), from Latin capitulum, ultimately from caput (“head”), whence also French chef. Doublet of cadeau and cadet, borrowings from Occitan, and caudillo, a borrowing from Spanish.

(aeronautics) the conical part at the front end of a rocket


refoulement

fr-noun

refoulement m (usually uncountable, plural refoulements)

(aviation) push back (air pushing back on an airframe)


supersonique

supersonic (greater than the speed of sound)


dirigeable

→ English: dirigible

desctree

→ Russian: дирижа́бль (dirižáblʹ)
→ Kazakh: дирижабль (dirijabl)
→ Lithuanian: dirižablis


planeur

→ Romanian: planor n

→ Turkish: planör


abattée

(aeronautics) a sudden nosedive of an aircraft due to a speed loss


amerrissage

→ Portuguese: amerissagem, amerrissagem

(aeronautics) splashdown (landing into water)

(aviation) ditching (crash-landing into water)


amerrir

amerrir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
amerrissant (gerund participle present)
amerrissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
amerri (participle past)
amerri (participle past)
amerris (first-person indicative present singular)
amerris (first-person indicative present singular)
amerris (indicative present second-person singular)
amerris (indicative present second-person singular)
amerrit (indicative present singular third-person)
amerrit (indicative present singular third-person)
amerrissons (first-person indicative plural present)
amerrissons (first-person indicative plural present)
amerrissez (indicative plural present second-person)
amerrissez (indicative plural present second-person)
amerrissent (indicative plural present third-person)
amerrissent (indicative plural present third-person)
amerrissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
amerrissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
amerrissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
amerrissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
amerrissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
amerrissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
amerrissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
amerrissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
amerrissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
amerrissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
amerrissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
amerrissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
amerris (first-person historic indicative past singular)
amerris (first-person historic indicative past singular)
amerris (historic indicative past second-person singular)
amerris (historic indicative past second-person singular)
amerrit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
amerrit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
amerrîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
amerrîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
amerrîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
amerrîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
amerrirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
amerrirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
amerrirai (first-person future indicative singular)
amerrirai (first-person future indicative singular)
amerriras (future indicative second-person singular)
amerriras (future indicative second-person singular)
amerrira (future indicative singular third-person)
amerrira (future indicative singular third-person)
amerrirons (first-person future indicative plural)
amerrirons (first-person future indicative plural)
amerrirez (future indicative plural second-person)
amerrirez (future indicative plural second-person)
amerriront (future indicative plural third-person)
amerriront (future indicative plural third-person)
amerrirais (conditional first-person singular)
amerrirais (conditional first-person singular)
amerrirais (conditional second-person singular)
amerrirais (conditional second-person singular)
amerrirait (conditional singular third-person)
amerrirait (conditional singular third-person)
amerririons (conditional first-person plural)
amerririons (conditional first-person plural)
amerririez (conditional plural second-person)
amerririez (conditional plural second-person)
amerriraient (conditional plural third-person)
amerriraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
amerrisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
amerrisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
amerrisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
amerrisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
amerrisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
amerrisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
amerrissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
amerrissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
amerrissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
amerrissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
amerrissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
amerrissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
amerrisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
amerrisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
amerrisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
amerrisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
amerrît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
amerrît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
amerrissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
amerrissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
amerrissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
amerrissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
amerrissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
amerrissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
amerris (imperative second-person singular)
amerris (imperative second-person singular)
amerrissons (first-person imperative plural)
amerrissons (first-person imperative plural)
amerrissez (imperative plural second-person)
amerrissez (imperative plural second-person)


survoler

survoler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
survolant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
survolé (participle past)
survole (first-person indicative present singular)
survoles (indicative present second-person singular)
survole (indicative present singular third-person)
survolons (first-person indicative plural present)
survolez (indicative plural present second-person)
survolent (indicative plural present third-person)
survolais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
survolais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
survolait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
survolions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
survoliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
survolaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
survolai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
survolas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
survola (historic indicative past singular third-person)
survolâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
survolâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
survolèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
survolerai (first-person future indicative singular)
survoleras (future indicative second-person singular)
survolera (future indicative singular third-person)
survolerons (first-person future indicative plural)
survolerez (future indicative plural second-person)
survoleront (future indicative plural third-person)
survolerais (conditional first-person singular)
survolerais (conditional second-person singular)
survolerait (conditional singular third-person)
survolerions (conditional first-person plural)
survoleriez (conditional plural second-person)
survoleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
survole (first-person present singular subjunctive)
survoles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
survole (present singular subjunctive third-person)
survolions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
survoliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
survolent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
survolasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
survolasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
survolât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
survolassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
survolassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
survolassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
survole (imperative second-person singular)
survolons (first-person imperative plural)
survolez (imperative plural second-person)

From Middle French survoler. First attested in c. 1470. By surface analysis, sur- (“over”) + voler (“fly”). Compare Italian sorvolare.


réacteur

reactor (a device which uses atomic energy to produce heat)


alunissage

moon landing, lunar landing; act of landing on the Moon


vrille

Inherited from Old French verille, ve(d)ille, from Vulgar Latin *vĭtīcula, from Late Latin vītīcula, from Classical Latin vītĭcula.


arrondi

(aviation) flare (transition from downward flight to level flight)


décalage horaire

station balnéaire / climat tropical / décalage horaire / ambiance amicale

1982, “Camino Del Sol”, in Camino Del Sol, performed by Antena:


ballon dirigeable

fr-noun

ballon dirigeable m (plural ballons dirigeables)

Coined by French engineer Henri Giffard in 1852.


héliport

From héli- + port, calque of English heliport.


hôtesse de l'air

fr-noun

hôtesse de l’air f (plural hôtesses de l’air)

hôtesse de l’ air (canonical feminine)
hôtesses de l’air (plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-hôtesse de l'air.wav


aviateur

aviateur m (plural aviateurs, feminine aviatrice)

→ Dutch: aviateur

→ Portuguese: aviador

→ Spanish: aviador

L’aviateur a réussi à quitter son avion juste avant le crash.

The aviator managed to abandon his plane just before the crash.


compagnie aérienne

compagnie aérienne f (plural compagnies aériennes)


avionneur

avionneur m (plural avionneurs, feminine avionneuse)

avionneurs (plural)
avionneuse (feminine)


mur du son

Voulez vous percer le mur du son en conduisant à une vitesse si excessive?!

Are you trying to break the sound barrier driving at such high speed?!


aiguilleur

aiguilleur m (plural aiguilleurs, feminine aiguilleuse)

aiguilleurs (plural)
aiguilleuse (feminine)

air traffic controller
air traffic controller


ékranoplane

From the Russian экранопла́н (ekranoplán).


panier-entonnoir

panier-entonnoir m (plural paniers-entonnoirs)


NOTAM

(aviation) NOTAM: Abbreviation of avis aux aviateurs.


hélico

D’où tombent les gargouilles en bas relief / Où est, où est Casimodo ? Est-il parti en hélico ?

2023, “Il Pleut Sur Notre Dame”, performed by Chilly Gonzales & Bonnie Banane:

Where do the gargoyles in bas-relief fall from / Where is, where is Casimodo? Did he leave by helicopter?


carlingue

→ Catalan: carlinga

→ Portuguese: carlinga

Borrowed from Old Norse kerling (“kelson”).


équipementier

fr-noun

équipementier m (plural équipementiers, feminine équipementière)

équipementiers (plural)
équipementière (feminine)


aéroporté

fr-adj

aéroporté (feminine aéroportée, masculine plural aéroportés, feminine plural aéroportées)

aéroportée (feminine)
aéroportés (masculine plural)
aéroportées (feminine plural)


bombardier-torpilleur

fr-noun

bombardier-torpilleur m (plural bombardiers-torpilleurs)


atterrer

atterrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
atterrant (gerund participle present)
atterrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
atterré (participle past)
atterré (participle past)
atterre (first-person indicative present singular)
atterres (indicative present second-person singular)
atterre (indicative present singular third-person)
atterrons (first-person indicative plural present)
atterrons (first-person indicative plural present)
atterrez (indicative plural present second-person)
atterrez (indicative plural present second-person)
atterrent (indicative plural present third-person)
atterrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
atterrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
atterrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
atterrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
atterrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
atterrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
atterrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
atterrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
atterriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
atterriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
atterraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
atterraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
atterrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
atterrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
atterras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
atterras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
atterra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
atterra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
atterrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
atterrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
atterrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
atterrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
atterrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
atterrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
atterrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
atterrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
atterreras (future indicative second-person singular)
atterreras (future indicative second-person singular)
atterrera (future indicative singular third-person)
atterrera (future indicative singular third-person)
atterrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
atterrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
atterrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
atterrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
atterreront (future indicative plural third-person)
atterreront (future indicative plural third-person)
atterrerais (conditional first-person singular)
atterrerais (conditional first-person singular)
atterrerais (conditional second-person singular)
atterrerais (conditional second-person singular)
atterrerait (conditional singular third-person)
atterrerait (conditional singular third-person)
atterrerions (conditional first-person plural)
atterrerions (conditional first-person plural)
atterreriez (conditional plural second-person)
atterreriez (conditional plural second-person)
atterreraient (conditional plural third-person)
atterreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
atterre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
atterres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
atterre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
atterrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
atterrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
atterriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
atterriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
atterrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
atterrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
atterrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
atterrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
atterrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
atterrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
atterrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
atterrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
atterrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
atterrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
atterrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
atterrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
atterrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
atterre (imperative second-person singular)
atterrons (first-person imperative plural)
atterrons (first-person imperative plural)
atterrez (imperative plural second-person)
atterrez (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive) to land (a ship); to touchdown (an aircraft)


biplan

→ Russian: биплан (biplan)

→ Georgian: ბიპლანი (biṗlani)


canadair

Genericized trademark. From the company name Canadair, the manufacturer of the only purpose-built waterbomber, from the original version, Canadair CL-215. From English Canada+air, from being a Canadian aircraft manufacturer. Compare Greek καναντέρ (kanantér), Italian canadair, Serbo-Croatian kanader / канадер, Macedonian канадер (kanader)

(France, firefighting, aviation) waterbomber (firefighting aircraft)


turbopropulseur

turbopropulseur m (plural turbopropulseurs)


avion à réaction

avion à réaction m (plural avions à réaction)


statomixte

(aviation) a combined-cycle aeroengine that has a ramjet and a scramjet mode of operation


hypersonique

hypersonic (many times greater than the speed of sound)


superstatoréacteur

superstatoréacteur m (plural superstatoréacteurs)

From super- + statoréacteur. Blend of supersonique + statoréacteur.


aglacissage

From a- + glace + -isse + -age. Formed by analogy with atterrissage and amerrissage.


aneigissage

From a- + neige + -isse + -age. Formed by analogy with atterrissage and amerrissage.


antiaérien

fr-adj

antiaérien (feminine antiaérienne, masculine plural antiaériens, feminine plural antiaériennes)

antiaérienne (feminine)
antiaériens (masculine plural)
antiaériennes (feminine plural)


vol coqueluche

fr-noun

vol coqueluche m (plural vols coqueluche)

alternative medicine
alternative medicine

(alternative medicine) a European climatotherapy for whooping cough, that involves a flight consisting of a rapid ascent to 3—3.5km up, staying there for 3/4—1 hour, descent to 1.5km and then landing


revoler

revoler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
revolant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
revolé (participle past)
revole (first-person indicative present singular)
revoles (indicative present second-person singular)
revole (indicative present singular third-person)
revolons (first-person indicative plural present)
revolez (indicative plural present second-person)
revolent (indicative plural present third-person)
revolais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
revolais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
revolait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
revolions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
revoliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
revolaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
revolai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
revolas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
revola (historic indicative past singular third-person)
revolâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
revolâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
revolèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
revolerai (first-person future indicative singular)
revoleras (future indicative second-person singular)
revolera (future indicative singular third-person)
revolerons (first-person future indicative plural)
revolerez (future indicative plural second-person)
revoleront (future indicative plural third-person)
revolerais (conditional first-person singular)
revolerais (conditional second-person singular)
revolerait (conditional singular third-person)
revolerions (conditional first-person plural)
revoleriez (conditional plural second-person)
revoleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
revole (first-person present singular subjunctive)
revoles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
revole (present singular subjunctive third-person)
revolions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
revoliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
revolent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
revolasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
revolasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
revolât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
revolassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
revolassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
revolassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
revole (imperative second-person singular)
revolons (first-person imperative plural)
revolez (imperative plural second-person)


avion de chasse

avion de chasse m (plural avions de chasse)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-avion de chasse.wav

Cette fille est un avion de chasse, elle pourrait être mannequin !

This girl is a bombshell, she could be a model!

(informal) a hottie, a bombshell (a very attractive woman)


point de non-retour

point de non-retour m (plural points de non-retour)


boîte noire

(aviation) black box (data recorder of an aircraft)


enregistreur phonique

enregistreur phonique m (plural enregistreurs phoniques)

cockpit voice recorder
cockpit voice recorder

(aviation) cockpit voice recorder, cockpit recorder


enregistreur de données de vol

enregistreur de données de vol m (plural enregistreurs de données de vol)

enregistreurs de données de vol (plural)

flight data recorder
flight data recorder


à géométrie variable

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à géométrie variable.wav

une voilure à géométrie variable


objet volant non identifié

objet volant non identifié m (plural objets volants non identifiés)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-objet volant non identifié.wav

Calque of English unidentified flying object.

calque

unidentified flying object
unidentified flying object


avion de ligne

fr-noun

avion de ligne m (plural avions de ligne)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-avion de ligne.wav


contrôleur aérien

contrôleur aérien m (plural contrôleurs aériens)


aiguilleur du ciel

aiguilleur du ciel m (plural aiguilleurs du ciel)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-aiguilleur du ciel.wav


pilote automatique

→ Turkish: otomatik pilot

(aviation) autopilot (mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being)


tour de contrôle

tour de contrôle f (plural tours de contrôle)


train d'atterrissage

train d’atterrissage m (plural trains d’atterrissage)

train d’ atterrissage (canonical masculine)
trains d’atterrissage (plural)


point de chute

point de chute m (plural points de chute)

(skydiving) landing place, dropzone (target where a skydiver lands)


cabine de pilotage

cabine de pilotage f (plural cabines de pilotage)

(aviation) cockpit (the compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled)


espace aérien

espace aérien m (plural espaces aériens)

airspace (controlled portion of atmosphere)


mode avion

mettre son téléphone en mode avion

airplane mode, flight mode (feature included on some cellular phones or laptops which disables the radio, thus precluding any interference with avionics)


piste d'atterrissage

piste d’atterrissage f (plural pistes d’atterrissage)

piste d’ atterrissage (canonical feminine)
pistes d’atterrissage (plural)

Coordinate term: piste de décollage

(aviation) landing strip, runway (strip for airplanes to land on or take off from)


hypersustentation

hypersustentation f (plural hypersustentations)

(aviation) The use of a high-lift device to increase the size of a wing


bombardier d'eau

bombardier d’eau m (plural bombardiers d’eau)

bombardier d’ eau (canonical masculine)
bombardiers d’eau (plural)

(aviation) waterbomber (“firefighting aircraft”)


bombardier à eau

bombardier à eau m (plural bombardiers à eau)


rozière

desc

English: Rozier, Roziere, Rozière, Rozier balloon, Roziere balloon, Rozière balloon

Rozier + -ière.
Named after Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, who created the first such hybrid hydrogen-hot-air balloon.

named-after

(aviation) Rozier balloon, Rozier, Roziere balloon, Roziere, hybrid balloon: A balloon buoyed by a lifting gas that does not need heating, and has additional buoyancy from a hot air balloon element.


charlière

Charles + -ière.
Named after Jacques Charles, who created the first large successful hydrogen balloon.

hydrogen balloon
hydrogen balloon#English


commandant de bord

fr-noun

commandant de bord m (plural commandants de bord)


SEPECAT

(France, UK, military, aviation, historical) Acronym of Société Européenne de Production de l’avion Ecole de Combat et d’Appui Tactique (“European company for the production tactical combat support and training aircraft”).