Meaning

17 senses

  1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.

  2. A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.

    Lotse

    ло́цманlócman

  3. A guide book for maritime navigation.

  4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.

  5. (Australia, informal)A pilot vehicle.

  6. (Australia)A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.

  7. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.

  8. Something serving as a test or trial.

    We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.

  9. Something serving as a test or trial.

    The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.

  10. (attributive, often)A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.

  11. A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.

    Pilot, Pilotin, Flugzeugführer

    лётчикljótčik, лётчицаljótčica, пило́тpilót

    льо́тчикlʹótčyk, льо́тчицяlʹótčycja, піло́тpilót

    someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

  12. 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.

    пило́тpilót

Examples

344 sentences

  1. Tom wants to be a pilot.

    Том хоче бути пілотом. — deniko

    ruТом хочет стать пилотом. — OlgaElwen

    deTom möchte Pilot sein. — quicksanddiver

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  2. Her son is a jet pilot.

    Її син - пілот реактивного літака. — brambury

    ruЕё сын - пилот реактивного самолёта. — odexed

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  3. Tom decided to become a pilot.

    Том вирішив стати пілотом. — deniko

    ruТом решил стать лётчиком. — marafon

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  4. Tom is a pilot, isn't he?

    Том пілот, так? — deniko

    deTom ist Pilot, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

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  5. Tom doesn't want to be a pilot.

    Том не хоче бути пілотом. — deniko

    ruТом не хочет быть лётчиком. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
controller of aircraft:
Русский
By meaning 3
steerer:
person who helps navigate the harbor or coast:
controller of aircraft:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who helps navigate the harbor or coast:
controller of aircraft:

Origin

From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t

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”), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder”).

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Forms

plural: pilots

Synonyms

12 synonyms
airmanairperson
Close in meaning
  • someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight:airplane pilot
  • small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a larger gas burner:pilot burnerpilot light
  • something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies:originalarchetype
  • a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors:pilot programpilot film
  • an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track:fenderbuffercowcatcher

Word family

59 related words
DerivedautopilotC2automatic pilotback-door pilotbranch pilotbush pilotbusted pilotcharter pilotco-pilotcopilotcow-pilotdesk pilotfighter pilothangar pilothelipilotnonpilotparaglider pilotpilotagepilot balloonpilot beampilotbirdpilot biscuitpilot boatpilot breadpilot burner

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a helicopter pilot
  • be a pilot
  • become a pilot
  • helicopter pilot
  • a good pilot
  • better pilot than
  • better better pilot
  • fighter pilot
  • pilot's license
  • good pilot
  • the pilot was
  • a pilot aren't

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pillarpillowB1pillowcaseB2pimp

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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