aileron

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English

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Drawing of an airplane wing showing the aileron.
An aircraft 'rolling', or 'banking', with its ailerons

Etymology

Borrowed from French aileron, diminutive of aile (wing), also refers to the extremities of a bird's wings used to control their flight. It first appeared in print in the 7th edition of Cassell's French-English Dictionary of 1877, with its lead meaning of "small wing". In the context of powered airplanes it appears in print about 1908, in the French aviation journal L'Aérophile.

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Noun

aileron (plural ailerons)

  1. The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
  2. (architecture) A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French aileron.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ləˈrɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ai‧le‧ron
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

aileron m (plural ailerons)

  1. aileron (aeroplane part)
    Synonym: rolroer

French

Etymology

From aile +‎ -eron.

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Noun

aileron m (plural ailerons)

  1. (anatomy) fin (of some fish)
  2. (anatomy) flipper (of penguins and other animals)
  3. aileron
  4. spoiler (of an automobile)

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See nageoire

Descendants

  • Dutch: aileron
  • English: aileron
  • Portuguese: ailerão
  • Spanish: alerón

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Indonesian

Etymology

From English aileron, from French aileron.

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  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ai‧lê‧ron

Noun

aileron (plural aileron-aileron)

  1. aileron

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aileron.

Noun

aileron m (plural ailerons)

  1. alternative form of ailerão