dirigible
A self-propelled airship that can be steeredA self-propelled airship that can be steered.
» Have you ever ridden in a dirigible?
Ты когда-нибудь летал на дирижабле?
Вы когда-нибудь летали на дирижабле?
Meaning
1 sensesA self-propelled airship that can be steered.
Luftschiff
дирижа́бльdirižáblʹ
дирижа́бльdyryžáblʹ
a steerable self-propelled aircraft
Examples
4 sentencesHave you ever ridden in a dirigible?
ruТы когда-нибудь летал на дирижабле?
Dirigibles are sometimes used for advertising and sightseeing.
ruДирижабли иногда используются для рекламы и осмотра достопримечательностей.
Are Zeppelins and dirigibles the same thing?
ruЦеппелин и дирижабль — одно и то же?
Walter Wellman thought that dirigibles would be the key to reaching the North Pole.
Translations
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Origin
From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).
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