FAC

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


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


PH

helicopter carrier
helicopter carrier#English

(military, nautical, aviation) CVH: Initialism of porte-hélicoptère: helicopter carrier


ARC

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


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)


glissade

→ English: glissade

→ Portuguese: glissada


montgolfière

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


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).


avion-citerne

fr-noun

avion-citerne f (plural avions-citernes)


porte-avions

Alternative form: porte-avion

aircraft carrier
aircraft carrier#English

(military, nautical, aviation) aircraft carrier, a type of warship

bâtiment de projection et de commandement


chapiteau

→ Bulgarian: шапито (šapito)

→ 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

refoulement m (usually uncountable, plural refoulements)

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


abattée

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


amerrissage

amerrissages (plural)
amerissage (alternative)
amérissage (alternative)

→ Portuguese: amerissagem, amerrissagem

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Latin ad
Latin ad-
Old French a-
French a-
Proto-Indo-European *mer-?
Proto-Indo-European *móri
Proto-Italic *mari
Latin mare
Old French mer
Middle French mer
French mer
Proto-Italic *-jezi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Latin -ereinflu.
Latin -īre
French -ir
French amerrir
French -age
French amerrissage
From amerrir (“to splash down”) + -age.

etymon

(aeronautics) splashdown (landing into water)

(aviation) ditching (crash-landing into water)


décrochage

From décrocher + -age. Originating in Québec, this term has spread throughout the Francosphere, along with the related term décrocheur.


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)


aiguilleur

fr-noun

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.


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)


PHA

porte-hélicoptère amphibie
porte-hélicoptère amphibie#French

(military, nautical, aviation) LHD: Initialism of porte-hélicoptère amphibie (“amphibious helicopter carrier”). (with well deck)

porte-hélicoptère d'assaut
porte-hélicoptère d'assaut#French

(military, nautical, aviation) LHA: Initialism of porte-hélicoptère d'assaut (“helicopter assault carrier”). (without well deck)


statomixte

statomixtes (plural)
stato mixte (alternative)
stato-mixte (alternative)

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


PHI

porte-hélicoptère d'intervention
porte-hélicoptère d'intervention#French

(military, nautical, aviation) Initialism of porte-hélicoptère d'intervention (“helicopter intervention carrier”).


point de non-retour

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

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


boîte noire

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


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


enregistreur phonique

enregistreur phonique m (plural enregistreurs phoniques)

cockpit voice recorder
cockpit voice recorder

(aviation) cockpit voice recorder, cockpit recorder


à géométrie variable

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

une voilure à géométrie variable


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)


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)


piste d'atterrissage

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

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 à eau

bombardier à eau m (plural bombardiers à eau)

bombardiers à eau (plural)
bombardier d'eau (alternative)

(aviation) waterbomber (“firefighting aircraft”)


bombardier d'eau

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

bombardiers d'eau (plural)
bombardier à eau (alternative)


charlière

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

hydrogen balloon
hydrogen balloon#English


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.


commandant de bord

fr-noun

commandant de bord m (plural commandants de bord)


SEPECAT

(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”)


porte-hélicoptères

porte-hélicoptères m (plural porte-hélicoptères)

Alternative form: porte-hélicoptère

(military, nautical, aviation) helicopter carrier


porte-hélicoptère

porte-hélicoptère m (plural porte-hélicoptères)

(military, nautical, aviation) Alternative form of porte-hélicoptères: helicopter carrier


porte-avion

(military, nautical, aviation) Alternative form of porte-avions: aircraft carrier


FARDC

tlb

(Democratic Republic of the Congo, military)

Coordinate term: FAZA

w:fr:Force aérienne de la république démocratique du Congo

(aviation) Initialism of Force Aérienne de la République Démocratique du Congo (“Air Force of the Democtatic Republic of the Congo”).