Dictionary

fuselage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfjuːsəˌlɑːʒ/
• /ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fūsusder. Old French fusel Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French fuseler Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French fuselagebor. English fuselage Borrowed from French fuselage. Ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”). For the meaning development, compare rocket, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“spinning wheel, distaff”) (whence also English rock (“distaff, the flax or wool on a distaff”)).

Meanings

1. The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.
   • Wichita, Kansas-based Spirit AeroSystems makes major parts of several Boeing models, including the fuselages for the 737 Max. 2024 March 1, Chris Isidore, Gregory Wallace, “Boeing wants to buy back the company that builds the body of its troubled Max planes”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2024:
   • Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard. 2024 January 8, Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean, “New details emerge on piece of Alaska Airlines plane that blew off midflight as investigators probe ‘explosive decompression’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024:

Forms

Deriveds

fuselaged

Relateds

hull

Translations (61)

ca buc (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ko 동체 (main body of aerospace vehicle) · lt fiuzeliažas (main body of aerospace vehicle) · tg фюзеляж (main body of aerospace vehicle) · tr füzelaj (main body of aerospace vehicle) · be фюзэля́ж (main body of aerospace vehicle) · pt fuselagem (main body of aerospace vehicle) · mk труп (main body of aerospace vehicle) · cs trup (main body of aerospace vehicle) · id badan (main body of aerospace vehicle) · mn их бие (main body of aerospace vehicle) · sv flygkropp (main body of aerospace vehicle) · bg фюзела́ж (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ar جِسْم (main body of aerospace vehicle) · hu repülőgéptörzs (main body of aerospace vehicle) · lv fizelāža (main body of aerospace vehicle) · be фюзеля́ж (main body of aerospace vehicle) · pl kadłub (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ru фюзеля́ж (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ko 기체 (main body of aerospace vehicle) · da fuselage (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ja 機体 (main body of aerospace vehicle) · hy ֆյուզելաժ (main body of aerospace vehicle) · fr fuselage (main body of aerospace vehicle) · de Rumpf (main body of aerospace vehicle) · kk фюзеляж (main body of aerospace vehicle) · yue 機身 /机身 (main body of aerospace vehicle) · fa-ira بَدَنِه (main body of aerospace vehicle) · hu törzs (main body of aerospace vehicle) · el άτρακτος (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ky фюзеляж (main body of aerospace vehicle) · mi tīwai (main body of aerospace vehicle) · es fuselaje (main body of aerospace vehicle) · uz fyuzelyaj (main body of aerospace vehicle) · sv flygplanskropp (main body of aerospace vehicle) · vi thân (main body of aerospace vehicle) · az təyyarənin gövdəsi (main body of aerospace vehicle) · gl fuselaxe (main body of aerospace vehicle) · sh тру̑п (main body of aerospace vehicle) · de Flugzeugrumpf (main body of aerospace vehicle) · nn flykropp (main body of aerospace vehicle) · cmn 機身 /机身 (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ja 胴体 (main body of aerospace vehicle) · az füzelyaj (main body of aerospace vehicle) · da flykrop (main body of aerospace vehicle) · sk trup (main body of aerospace vehicle) · tl puselahe (main body of aerospace vehicle) · nl romp (main body of aerospace vehicle) · nb flykropp (main body of aerospace vehicle) · it fusoliera (main body of aerospace vehicle) · sl trup (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ka ფიუზელაჟი (main body of aerospace vehicle) · nl vliegtuigromp (main body of aerospace vehicle) · fi runko (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ar جِسْم طَائِرَة (main body of aerospace vehicle) · mi kōhiwi (main body of aerospace vehicle) · uk фюзеля́ж (main body of aerospace vehicle) · da skrog (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ms fiuslaj (main body of aerospace vehicle) · sh trȗp (main body of aerospace vehicle) · ro fuzelaj (main body of aerospace vehicle)