aerostat

See also: aérostat

English

Noun

aerostat (plural aerostats)

1. An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, OCLC 246633669, PC, scene: Venus:

     With its molten temperatures, sulphuric acid clouds, and crushing carbon dioxide atmosphere, Venus has only a handful of aerostat research outposts.

2. A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, such as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed at 18,000 feet (~6 km).

Antonyms

• (lighter-than-air craft, with respect to its weight relationship with air): aerodyne

Derived terms

• aerostatic
• tethered aerostat

 

Translations

aircraft

• Bulgarian: аероста́т m (aerostát)
• Catalan: aeròstat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浮空器 (fúkōngqì), 浮昇器 (fúshēngqì)

• Esperanto: aerostato
• Finnish: aerostaatti (fi)
• French: aérostat (fr) m
• Ido: aerostato (io)
• Italian: aerostato (it) m, dirigibile (it) m
• Macedonian: аероста́т m (aerostát)
• Polish: aerostat (pl) m
• Portuguese: aeróstato (pt) m
• Russian: аэроста́т (ru) m (aerostát)
• Spanish: aerostato (es) m, aeróstato (es) m
• Ukrainian: аероста́т (uk) m (aerostát)

balloon

• Bulgarian: възду́шен бало́н m (vǎzdúšen balón)
• Esperanto: aerostato
• Finnish: aerostaatti (fi)
• Ido: aerostato (io)
• Italian: aerostato (it) m
• Macedonian: аероста́т m (aerostát), во́здушен ба́лон m (vózdušen bálon)
• Polish: aerostat (pl) m
• Russian: аэроста́т (ru) m (aerostát), возду́шный шар (ru) m (vozdúšnyj šar)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} аеростат m (aerostat)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} aerostat (sh) m
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} аеростат (uk) m (aerostat)

See also

• aerodyne
• airship

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aérostat. By surface analysis, aero- +‎ -stat. First attested in 1784.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɛˈrɔ.stat/

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• Rhymes: -ɔstat
• Syllabification: a‧e‧ro‧stat

Noun

aerostat m inan

1. aerostat

Declension

Declension of aerostat

	singular	plural
nominative	aerostat	aerostaty
genitive	aerostatu	aerostatów
dative	aerostatowi	aerostatom
accusative	aerostat	aerostaty
instrumental	aerostatem	aerostatami
locative	aerostacie	aerostatach
vocative	aerostacie	aerostaty

Further reading

• aerostat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aerostat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French aérostat.

Noun

aerostat n (plural aerostate)

1. aerostat

Declension

Declension of aerostat

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) aerostat	aerostatul	(niște) aerostate	aerostatele
genitive/dative	(unui) aerostat	aerostatului	(unor) aerostate	aerostatelor
vocative	aerostatule		aerostatelor

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

aerostat m (Cyrillic spelling аеростат)

1. aerostat