pilot
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpaɪlət/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Homophone: Pilate
- Rhymes: -aɪlət
Noun
[edit]pilot (plural pilots)
- 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.
- 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.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
- (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- 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.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, E. L. Cary and A. Hart, page 43:
- 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.
- (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- (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.
- (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
- (Europe, motor racing) A racing driver.
- A pilot light.
- 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.
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
Derived terms
[edit]- automatic pilot
- autopilot
- back-door pilot
- backdoor pilot
- branch pilot
- bush pilot
- busted pilot
- charter pilot
- cock pilot
- co-pilot
- copilot
- cow-pilot
- desk pilot
- drop the pilot
- fighter pilot
- hangar pilot
- longfin pilot whale
- pilotage
- pilot balloon
- pilot beam
- pilot biscuit
- pilot boat
- pilot bread
- pilot burner
- pilot cloth
- pilot coat
- pilot engine
- pilot experiment
- pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)
- pilot flag
- pilot flame
- pilot-hole
- pilot hole
- pilot jacket
- pilot lamp
- pilot light
- pilotman
- pilot nut
- pilot officer
- pilot plant
- pilot project
- pilot scheme
- pilot snake
- pilot valve
- pilot version
- pilot wave
- pilot whale (Globicephala spp.)
- pilot wheel
- rug pilot
- sky pilot
- test pilot
- yard pilot
Descendants
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Adjective
[edit]pilot (not comparable)
- 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.
- Used to control or activate another device.
- a pilot light
- Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
- a pilot vehicle
Translations
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Verb
[edit]pilot (third-person singular simple present pilots, present participle piloting, simple past and past participle piloted)
- (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.
- (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
- (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.
- (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
[edit]- “pilot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pilot”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pilot (invariable)
- pilot
- planta pilot ― pilot plant
Noun
[edit]pilot m or f (plural pilots)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot m (plural pilots)
- light, warning light
- (television) pilot
- Synonym: episodi pilot
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot m (plural pilots)
Further reading
[edit]- “pilot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “pilot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “pilot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pilot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot m anim
- pilot (controller of aircraft)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot c (singular definite piloten, plural indefinite piloter)
Declension
[edit]common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | pilot | piloten | piloter | piloterne |
genitive | pilots | pilotens | piloters | piloternes |
References
[edit]- “pilot” in Den Danske Ordbog
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot (plural pilot-pilot)
- (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)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pilot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot
Verb
[edit]pilot
- present conjunctive of pilēt
- (with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive of pilēt
Participle
[edit]pilot (invariable)
- adverbial invariable present active participle of pilēt
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]pilot m (plural pilots)
- stake (pole designed to be pushed into the ground)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural piloter, definite plural pilotene)
- pilot (controller of an aircraft)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “pilot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural pilotar, definite plural pilotane)
- pilot (controller of an aircraft)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “pilot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot m pers
- pilot (controller of aircraft)
Declension
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot m inan
- (electronics) remote control
- (film, marketing) trailer (preview of a film)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- pilot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pilot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot m (plural piloți)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | pilot | pilotul | piloți | piloții | |
genitive-dative | pilot | pilotului | piloți | piloților | |
vocative | pilotule | piloților |
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilot c
- 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
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | pilot | pilots |
definite | piloten | pilotens | |
plural | indefinite | piloter | piloters |
definite | piloterna | piloternas |
References
[edit]- pilot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- pilot in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- pilot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pilot
Noun
[edit]pilot (definite accusative pilotu, plural pilotlar)
- pilot
- race car driver
- Synonym: araba yarışçısı
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English terms with homophones
- Rhymes:English/aɪlət
- Rhymes:English/aɪlət/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- Australian English
- en:Road transport
- English informal terms
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Mining
- en:Telecommunications
- en:Aviation
- en:Television
- en:Rail transportation
- European English
- en:Motor racing
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:People
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɔt
- Rhymes:Catalan/ɔt/2 syllables
- Catalan terms borrowed from Italian
- Catalan terms derived from Italian
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan adjectives
- Catalan indeclinable adjectives
- Catalan terms with usage examples
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Catalan nouns with multiple genders
- ca:Television
- Catalan terms suffixed with -ot
- ca:Cycling
- ca:Light sources
- ca:Occupations
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech masculine animate nouns
- Czech hard masculine animate nouns
- cs:Aviation
- cs:Occupations
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Indonesian internationalisms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
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- Indonesian terms derived from Middle French
- Indonesian terms derived from Italian
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- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/lɔt
- Rhymes:Indonesian/lɔt/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɔt
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ɔt/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/t
- Rhymes:Indonesian/t/2 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- id:Aviation
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian noun forms
- Latvian verb forms
- Latvian participles
- Latvian present active participles
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French masculine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Aviation
- nb:Occupations
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Aviation
- nn:Occupations
- Polish terms derived from Italian
- Polish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms borrowed from French
- Polish terms derived from French
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Polish/ilɔt
- Rhymes:Polish/ilɔt/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Electronics
- pl:Film
- pl:Marketing
- pl:Devices
- pl:Occupations
- pl:People
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
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- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Turkish terms borrowed from French
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- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
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