aileron

English

Wikipedia

Drawing of an airplane wing showing the aileron.

Etymology

Borrowing 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.

Noun

aileron (plural ailerons)

1. hinged part on trailing edge of an airplane wing. Used to control lateral turns.

Derived terms

• elevon

Translations

Hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing

• Italian: alettone (it) m, alerone (it) m
• Norwegian: balanseror (no) n
• Polish: lotka (pl) f

• Romanian: eleron (ro) n
• Russian: элерон (ru) (elerón) m 
• Spanish: alerón (es) m

See also

• spoiler

Anagrams

• alerion
• alienor

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛl.rɔ̃/

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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)

See also

• aile
• nageoire

Anagrams

• Aliénor
• enrôlai