Meaning

3 senses
  1. A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.

    Zeppelin

    цеппели́нceppelín, дирижа́бльdirižáblʹ

    цепелі́нcepelín, дирижа́бльdyryžáblʹ

    a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

  2. (broadly, informal)A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.

  3. (rare, slang)The penis.

    2022, Seaward Dracula, D. Stroker, sVck She shoved him back on the bed, but fear had turned his zeppelin into a deflated balloon, and try as she might, she couldn't blow any air into it.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Are Zeppelins and dirigibles the same thing?

    ruЦеппелин и дирижабль — одно и то же? — marafon

  2. Some people consider Led Zeppelin the greatest band ever.

    deEinige Leute halten Led Zeppelin für die größte Band aller Zeiten. — Zaghawa

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  3. The plant location was chosen inland to protect against Zeppelin attacks.

  4. Some people consider Led Zeppelin to be the greatest band there has ever been.

    deEinige Leute halten Led Zeppelin für die größte Band aller Zeiten. — Zaghawa

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  5. The Zeppelin caught fire.

    deDer Zeppelin fing Feuer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives f

Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.

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Forms

plural: Zeppelins

Synonyms

5 synonyms
rigiddirigiblerigid airship
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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