nacelle
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
nacelle (plural nacelles)
- A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew.
- The part between the tower and rotor of a wind turbine.
- The compartment that holds passengers on a hot-air balloon, a dirigible, or an aerostat; a gondola.
- The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH hulled boat.
- (obsolete) A small boat.
Translations
a separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew
French
Etymology
From Old French nacele (“small boat”), from Late Latin navicella, diminutive of Latin navis (“boat”). Doublet of navicelle.
Pronunciation
Noun
nacelle f (plural nacelles)
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Further reading
- “nacelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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