aeronaut

See also: aëronaut

English

From aero- +‎ -naut, from the French aéronaute; compare the Italian aeronauta.

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹəˌnɔːt/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəˌnɔt/, (especially caught-cot merged) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəˌnɑt/

aeronaut (plural aeronauts)

A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  "Well, what is it that he does that I don't do? Just say the word, - teetotal, vegetarian, aeronaut, theosophist, superman."

one who glides through the air in an airship

aeronaut m (plural aeronauți)

Declension of aeronaut

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