pilot

See also Pilot

English

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Etymology

From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian piloto, from Late Latin pillottus; perhaps ultimately from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdon, “blade of an oar, oar”) [1], hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdalion), "rudder" [2].

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈpaɪlət/
• Rhymes: -aɪlət

Noun

pilot (plural pilots)

1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
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. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
4. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
5. 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.

6. Something serving as a test or trial.

   We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program city-wide.

   The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.

7. A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
8. A sample episode of a proposed TV series
9. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
10. A pilot light.

Derived terms

terms derived from pilot (noun)

autopilot bush pilot copilot hangar pilot

Palm Pilot pilot fish pilot whale test pilot

Translations

controller of aircraft

• Afrikaans: vlieënier (af)
• Arabic: طيار (ar) (ṭayyār) m, (female) طيارة (ar) (ṭayyāra) f
• Armenian: օդաչու (hy) (òdaču)
• Belarusian: пілот (be) (Pilot)
• Breton: loman m
• Bulgarian: летец (bg) (letec) m
• Burmese: လေယာဉ်မူး (my)
• Catalan: pilot (ca) m and f
• Chechen: кеманхо, пилот
• Cherokee: ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ (ganohilidohi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飛行員 (cmn), 飞行员 (cmn) (fēixíngyuán), 駕駛員 (cmn), 驾驶员 (cmn) (jiàshǐyuán)

• Czech: pilot (cs) m
• Danish: pilot (da)
• Dutch: piloot (nl) m, vliegenier (nl)
• Estonian: piloot (et)
• Finnish: lentäjä (fi), pilotti (fi)
• French: pilote (fr) m
• Georgian: პილოტი (ka) (piloti)
• German: Pilot (de) m, Flugzeugführer (de) m
• Greek: πιλότος (el) (pilótos) m, (rare) χειριστής (el) (cheiristís), (passenger aircraft only) κυβερνήτης (el) (kyvernítis) m
• Hebrew: טייס (he) (tayas) m

• Hungarian: pilóta (hu)
• Italian: pilota (it) m and f
• Japanese: パイロット (ja) (pairotto)
• Jèrriais: pilote m
• Khmer: អ្នកបើកយន្តហោះ (km) (neak baək yʊən hah)
• Korean: 조종사 (ko) (jojongsa)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: pîlot

• Lao: ນັກບິນ (lo)
• Macedonian: пилот (pilot) m
• Northern Sami: girdi
• Norwegian: pilot (no) m
• Polish: pilot (pl) m
• Portuguese: piloto (pt) m
• Romanian: pilot (ro)
• Russian: лётчик (ru) (ljótčik) m, пилот (ru) (pilót) m
• Spanish: piloto (es) m
• Swahili: rubani (sw)
• Swedish: pilot (sv) c
• Tagalog: piloto (tl)
• Thai: นักบิน (th)
• Vietnamese: phi công (vi)

steerer

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 領航 (cmn), 领航 (cmn) (lǐngháng)

• Greek: πηδαλιούχος (el) (pidalioúchos) m

• Russian: штурман (ru) (štúrman) m
• Swahili: marubani (sw)
• Swedish: styrman (sv) c

person who helps navigate the harbor or coast

• Breton: loman m, levier
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引水人 (cmn) (yínshuǐrén), 引港 (cmn) (yíngǎng)

• Dutch: loods (nl) m
• Finnish: luotsi (fi)
• German: Lotse (de) m
• Greek: πηδαλιούχος (el) (pidalioúchos) m, πλοηγός (el) (ploigós) m

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: rêberê keştîyê

• Norwegian: los (no) m
• Russian: лоцман (ru) (lócman) m
• Swahili: marubani (sw)
• Swedish: lots (sv) c

sample TV series episode

• Catalan: pilot (ca) m and f
• Dutch: pilot (nl) c
• Finnish: koejakso
• Greek: πιλότος (el) (pilótos) m, πιλοτικό επεισόδιο (el) (pilotikó epeisódio) n

• Portuguese: piloto (pt) m
• Spanish: piloto (es) m and f
• Swedish: pilotavsnitt (sv) n

Adjective

pilot (not comparable)

1. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability. (pilot run, pilot plant)
2. Used to control or activate another device. (pilot light)
3. A vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination. (pilot vehicle)
4. Used to indicate operation ("pilot lamp")

Derived terms

• pilot experiment
• pilot hole
• pilot light
• pilot version

Translations

made or used as a test

• Catalan: pilot (ca) m and f
• Finnish: koe-, pilotti-

• Georgian: პილოტური (ka) (piloturi)
• Swahili: marubani (sw)

used as indicator

• Finnish: merkki-
• Spanish: piloto (es) m and f

• Swahili: marubani (sw)

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.)

Translations

to control an aircraft or watercraft

• Breton: lomaniñ (1), leviañ (1,2)
• Catalan: pilotar (ca)
• Finnish: ohjata (fi)
• German: führen (de)

• Greek: πιλοτάρω (pilotáro) (1), διευθύνω (ðiefthíno) (rare), κυβερνώ (civernó), χειρίζομαι (çirízome) (1, 2), πλοηγώ (el) (ploigó)
• Polish: pilotować
• Spanish: pilotar (es)

to guide through coastal waters

• Breton: lomaniñ (1), leviañ (1,2)
• Finnish: luotsata (fi)
• German: lotsen

• Greek: πλοηγώ (ploigó) (2), διευθύνω (ðiefthíno) (rare), κυβερνώ (civernó), χειρίζομαι (çirízome) (1, 2)
• Polish: pilotować

to test

• Catalan: provar (ca)
• Finnish: kokeilla, testata, pilotoida, demonstroida

• Spanish: probar (es)

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Czech

Noun

pilot m

1. pilot (controller of aircraft)

Derived terms

• pilotní
• pilotovat

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Norwegian

Noun

pilot m

1. a pilot, controller of aircraft

Inflection

    Inflection of pilot

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	pilot	piloten	piloter	pilotene
Nynorsk m	pilot	piloten	pilotar	pilotane

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Polish

Noun

pilot m

1. pilot (controller of aircraft)
2. remote control

Declension

    declension of pilot

	singular	plural
nominative	pilot	[[piloci (#1) piloty (#2)]]
genitive	pilota	pilotów
dative	pilotowi	pilotom
accusative	[[pilota (#1) pilot (#2)]]	[[pilotów (#1) piloty (#2)]]
instrumental	pilotem	pilotami
locative	pilocie	pilotach
vocative	pilocie	[[piloci (#1) piloty (#2)]]

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Romanian

Etymology

French pilote

Pronunciation

• IPA: /piˈlot/

Noun

pilot m (plural piloți)

1. pilot

Declension

declension of pilot

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un pilot	pilotul	niște piloți	piloții
genitive/dative	unui pilot	pilotului	unor piloți	piloților

Related terms

• aeroport
• avion
• a pilota