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English

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Etymology

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From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”),[1] hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot (plural pilots)

  1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
    • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
      They scud before the wind, and sail in open sea.
      Ahead of all the master pilot steers;
      And, as he leads, the following navy veers.
  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. A guide book for maritime navigation.
  4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
  5. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
  6. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
  7. 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.
  8. Something serving as a test or trial.
    • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 40:
      “I agreed with my husband when he said that to do the business properly we must do a pilot first.”
    We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.
    1. (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
  9. (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
  11. (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
  12. (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
    • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):
      I think her biggest deal was she starred in a pilot. […] Well, the way they pick TV shows is they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that one show to the people who pick shows, and on the strength of that one show, they decide if they wanna make more shows.
  13. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
  14. (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
  15. A pilot light.
  16. One who flies a kite.
    • 2003, John P. Glaser, A Father's Collage, page 31:
      Julia has become quite a good kite pilot. She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.
  17. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

Derived terms

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Terms derived from pilot (noun and adjective)

Descendants

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  • → Dari: پیلوت (pilot)
  • → Hindi: पायलट (pāylaṭ)
  • → Japanese: パイロット (pairotto)
  • → Korean: 파일럿 (pailleot)
  • → Northern Kurdish: pîlot

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Adjective

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pilot (not comparable)

  1. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
    a pilot run of the new factory
    The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
  2. Used to control or activate another device.
    a pilot light
  3. Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
    a pilot vehicle

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Verb

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pilot (third-person singular simple present pilots, present participle piloting, simple past and past participle piloted)

  1. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
    • 1975, John H. Reed, Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information, page 30:
      I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.
  2. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
  3. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
  4. (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
    • 1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Midland Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 279:
      One of the Midland Lines' Birmingham R.C.W. Type 2 diesels, No. D5403, made the debut of its class in the Manchester area on July 28 when it appeared in the early hours on freight; after four days in the area it left for the south piloting B.R./Sulzer Type 4 diesel No. D88 on the 2.25 Manchester Central-St. Pancras.
  5. (transitive) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
    • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 7:
      Thus it came about that, three days later, I descended from the train at Styles St. Mary, an absurd little station, with no apparent reason for existence, perched up in the midst of green fields and country lanes. John Cavendish was waiting on the platform, and piloted me out to the car.

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References

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  1. ^ Liddell-Scott entry for πηδόν
  2. ^ Liddell-Scott entry for πηδάλιον

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Italian pilota.

Adjective

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pilot (invariable)

  1. pilot
    planta pilot ― pilot plant

Noun

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pilot m or f (plural pilots)

  1. pilot
  2. driver
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Noun

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pilot m (plural pilots)

  1. light, warning light
  2. (television) pilot
    Synonym: episodi pilot

Etymology 2

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From pila +‎ -ot.

Noun

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pilot m (plural pilots)

  1. pile, heap
  2. ball, bundle
    pilot de cera ― ball of wax
  3. (cycling) peloton

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot m anim

  1. pilot (controller of aircraft)

Declension

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Declension of pilot (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative pilot piloti, pilotové
genitive pilota pilotů
dative pilotovi, pilotu pilotům
accusative pilota piloty
vocative pilote piloti, pilotové
locative pilotovi, pilotu pilotech
instrumental pilotem piloty

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “pilot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “pilot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “pilot”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

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Noun

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pilot c (singular definite piloten, plural indefinite piloter)

  1. pilot

Declension

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Declension of pilot
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pilot piloten piloter piloterne
genitive pilots pilotens piloters piloternes

References

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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Internationalism, borrowed from English pilot, from Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient Greek πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”).

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Noun

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pilot (plural pilot-pilot)

  1. (aviation) aviator, pilot: A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft
    Synonyms: aviator, juru terbang, penerbang, pilot
    Synonym: juruterbang (Standard Malay)

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Latvian

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Noun

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pilot

  1. vocative singular of pilots

Verb

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pilot

  1. present conjunctive of pilēt
  2. (with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive of pilēt

Participle

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pilot (invariable)

  1. adverbial invariable present active participle of pilēt

Middle French

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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pilot m (plural pilots)

  1. stake (pole designed to be pushed into the ground)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French pilote.

Noun

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pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural piloter, definite plural pilotene)

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French pilote.

Noun

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pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural pilotar, definite plural pilotane)

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from French pilote.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot m pers

  1. pilot (controller of aircraft)

Declension

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Declension of pilot
singular plural
nominative pilot piloci/piloty (deprecative)
genitive pilota pilotów
dative pilotowi pilotom
accusative pilota pilotów
instrumental pilotem pilotami
locative pilocie pilotach
vocative pilocie piloci

Noun

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pilot m inan

  1. (electronics) remote control
  2. (film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film)
    Synonyms: teaser, trailer, zwiastun

Declension

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Declension of pilot
singular plural
nominative pilot piloty
genitive pilota pilotów
dative pilotowi pilotom
accusative pilot piloty
instrumental pilotem pilotami
locative pilocie pilotach
vocative pilocie piloty

Derived terms

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noun

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pilote.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot m (plural piloți)

  1. pilot

Declension

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Declension of pilot
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pilot pilotul piloți piloții
genitive-dative pilot pilotului piloți piloților
vocative pilotule piloților
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Swedish

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Etymology

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From French pilote.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot c

  1. a pilot
    Piloten är den som styr ett flygplan, helikopter, rymdskepp eller dylikt
    The pilot is the person who controls an airplane, helicopter, spaceship, or the like

Declension

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Declension of pilot
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pilot pilots
definite piloten pilotens
plural indefinite piloter piloters
definite piloterna piloternas

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pilote.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈlot/
  • Hyphenation: pi‧lot

Adjective

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pilot

  1. pilot

Noun

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pilot (definite accusative pilotu, plural pilotlar)

  1. pilot
  2. race car driver
    Synonym: araba yarışçısı

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