pilote

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See also: piloté

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.lɔt/
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Etymology 1

Noun

pilote m (plural pilotes)

  1. pilot (controller of aircraft)
    Le pilote a réussi à quitter son avion juste avant le crash.
    The pilot managed to get out of his plane just before the crash.
  2. pilot (controller of vessel)
  3. driver (computing)
  4. pilot (miniature prototype)
  5. pilot (sample episode of a television series)
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Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pilote

  1. inflection of piloter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Anagrams

Italian

Noun

pilote f

  1. plural of pilota

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilote.

Noun

pilote m (plural pilotes)

  1. (Jersey) pilot

Portuguese

Verb

pilote

  1. inflection of pilotar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈlote/
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: pi‧lo‧te

Etymology 1

Noun

pilote m (plural pilotes)

  1. (architecture) pile
    • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
      Después de atravesar un puente de madera, que sumerge en el salobre fango sus podridos pilotes, subimos una cuesta (casi estamos ya en Ficóbriga), desde la cual se ve la ría, dando vueltas como si no supiera a dónde va, ni dónde está el mar que la espera, metiéndose en todos los charcos de las marismas cuando hay marea, y huyendo de ellos aprisa desde que empieza la baja.
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Etymology 2

Verb

pilote

  1. inflection of pilotar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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