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English

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Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pilot (plural pilots)

  1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
    • 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:
      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.
  2. 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.
  3. A guide book for maritime navigation.
  4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
  5. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
  6. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
  7. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
    • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, E. L. Cary and A. Hart, page 43:
      So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots.
  8. Something serving as a test or trial.
    • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 40:
      “I agreed with my husband when he said that to do the business properly we must do a pilot first.”
    We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.
    1. (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
  9. (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
  10. (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.
    • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):
      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.
  11. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
  12. (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
  13. A pilot light.
  14. One who flies a kite.
    • 2003, John P. Glaser, A Father's Collage, page 31:
      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.
  15. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

Derived terms

Terms derived from pilot (noun and adjective)

Descendants

Translations

Adjective

pilot (not comparable)

  1. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
    a pilot run of the new factory
    The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
  2. Used to control or activate another device.
    a pilot light
  3. Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
    a pilot vehicle

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
  2. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
  3. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
  4. (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
    • 1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Midland Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 279:
      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.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Liddell-Scott entry for πηδόν
  2. ^ Liddell-Scott entry for πηδάλιον

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

Adjective

pilot (feminine pilota, masculine plural pilots, feminine plural pilotes)

  1. pilot

Derived terms

Noun

pilot m (plural pilots)

  1. pilot
  2. driver
  3. light, warning light

Further reading

Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

pilot m anim

  1. pilot (controller of aircraft)

Declension

Declension of pilot (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative pilot piloti, pilotové
genitive pilota pilotů
dative pilotovi, pilotu pilotům
accusative pilota piloty
vocative pilote piloti, pilotové
locative pilotovi, pilotu pilotech
instrumental pilotem piloty

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pilot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pilot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pilot in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Noun

pilot c (singular definite piloten, plural indefinite piloter)

  1. pilot

Declension

Declension of pilot
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pilot piloten piloter piloterne
genitive pilots pilotens piloters piloternes

References

Indonesian

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Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pilot (plural pilot-pilot, first-person possessive pilotku, second-person possessive pilotmu, third-person possessive pilotnya)

  1. (aviation) pilot: A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
    Synonyms: juru terbang, penerbang
    Synonym: juruterbang (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

pilot

  1. vocative singular of pilots

Verb

pilot

  1. present conjunctive of pilēt
  2. (with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive of pilēt

Participle

pilot (invariable)

  1. adverbial invariable present active participle of pilēt

Middle French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pilot m (plural pilots)

  1. stake (pole designed to be pushed into the ground)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French pilote.

Noun

pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural piloter, definite plural pilotene)

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French pilote.

Noun

pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural pilotar, definite plural pilotane)

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

Derived terms

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French pilote.

Pronunciation

Noun

pilot m pers

  1. pilot (controller of aircraft)

Declension

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

Noun

pilot m inan

  1. (electronics) remote control
  2. (film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film)
    Synonyms: teaser, trailer, zwiastun

Declension

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

Derived terms

noun

Further reading

  • pilot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pilot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilote.

Pronunciation

Noun

pilot m (plural piloți)

  1. pilot

Declension

Declension of pilot
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) pilot pilotul (niște) piloți piloții
genitive/dative (unui) pilot pilotului (unor) piloți piloților
vocative pilotule piloților

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilote.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈlot/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lot

Adjective

pilot

  1. pilot

Noun

pilot (definite accusative pilotu, plural pilotlar)

  1. pilot
  2. race car driver
    Synonym: araba yarışçısı

Derived terms

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