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aileron en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈeɪləɹɑn/ (US)
• /ˈeɪləɹɒn/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axis Latin *axla Latin āla Old French aile Middle French aisle French aile French -er- Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Frankishinflu. Old French -on Middle French -on French -on French -eron French aileronbor. English aileron Borrowed from French aileron, diminutive of aile (“wing”), also refers to the extremities of a bird's wings used to control their flight. It first appeared in print in the 7th edition of Cassell's French-English Dictionary of 1877, with its lead meaning of "small wing". In the context of powered airplanes it appears in print about 1908, in the French aviation journal L'Aérophile.

Meanings

1. The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
2. A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

Forms

Coordinates

slat (hinged part) · strake (hinged part) · rudder (hinged part) · spoiler (hinged part) · variable sweep (hinged part) · fin (hinged part) · vortex generator (hinged part) · sharklet (hinged part) · wing fence (hinged part) · elevator (hinged part) · flap (hinged part) · wing warping (hinged part) · wing (hinged part) · winglet (hinged part)

Deriveds

elevon · flaperon · rudderon · spoileron · deceleron · aileron roll · ailevator · aileron authority · Frise aileron · rolleron · taileron

Holonyms

control surface (hinged part)

Relateds

spoiler

Translations (23)

cs křidélko (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · pl lotka (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · ru элеро́н (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · ca aleró (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · fr aileron (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · pt ailerão (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · nl rolroer (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · cmn 副翼 (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · it alerone (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · no balanseror (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · es alerón (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · nl aileron (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · sv skevroder (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · el πηδάλιο κλίσης (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · eo alerono (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · de Querruder (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · ga ailearán (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · it alettone (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · cmn 補助翼 /补助翼 (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · ro eleron (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · fi ohjaussiiveke (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · kk элерон (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) · fi siiveke (hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing)