Concorde

See also: concorde and concordé

English

Concorde mid-flight

Proper noun

Concorde (plural Concordes or Concorde)

1. (aviation) The Aérospatiale-BAC supersonic airliner, previously used commercially.
2. A station on the Paris Métro, near Place de la Concorde, for which it is named.

Derived terms

• Concordski - Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner, nicknamed for its similarity to the Concorde + -ski suffix

Usage notes

• In the United Kingdom the proper noun often does not take an indefinite or definite article, e.g. "Here comes Concorde". This does not apply where Concorde is used as an adjective, e.g. "The Concorde airliner is capable of supersonic speed". Moreover, the plural may be unchanged "Concorde" rather than "Concordes".

• Pilots and some of the promotional literature and films refer to the aircraft as "she" or "her", which is unusual for commercial aircraft; but this does not seem to be done consistently. (Notably Raymond Baxter called "She flies!" when the first prototype took to the air.)[1]

Further reading

• Concorde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔŋˈkɔʁt/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Concorde f (proper noun, genitive Concorde, plural Concordes or Concorde)

1. Concorde (supersonic airliner)

Declension

Declension of Concorde [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Concorde	die	Concordes, Concorde
genitive	einer	der	Concorde	der	Concordes, Concorde
dative	einer	der	Concorde	den	Concordes, Concorden
accusative	eine	die	Concorde	die	Concordes, Concorde

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Jamaican Creole

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanˌkɑːd/
• Hyphenation: Con‧corde

Noun

Concorde (plural Concorde dem, quantified Concorde)

1. The Aérospatiale-BAC supersonic airliner; Concorde.
2. (archaic, slang) A J$100 banknote.
   • (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

   Synonym: bills

   Inna di eighties, hundred dolla neva call "bills", dem time deh dem seh "Concorde."

   In the eighties, people didn't call the J$100 banknote "bills". Back then, they said "Concorde."

See also

• bills
• Manley
• Nanny
• Shearer