aileron

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪləɹɒn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪləɹɑn/

Noun

aileron (plural ailerons)

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

Holonyms

• (hinged part): control surface

Coordinate terms

hinged part

• elevator
• fin
• flap
• rudder
• sharklet
• slat
• spoiler
• strake
• variable sweep
• vortex generator
• wing
• wing fence
• winglet
• wing warping

Derived terms

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

Translations

hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing

Catalan: aleró (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 副翼 (zh) (fùyì), 補助翼 / 补助翼 (zh) (bǔzhùyì) Czech: křidélko n Dutch: rolroer (nl) n, aileron m Esperanto: alerono Finnish: siiveke (fi), ohjaussiiveke French: aileron (fr) m German: Querruder (de) Greek: πηδάλιο κλίσης (el) n (pidálio klísis) Irish: ailearán m Italian: alettone (it) m, alerone m Norwegian: balanseror n Polish: lotka (pl) f Portuguese: ailerão m Romanian: eleron (ro) n Russian: элеро́н (ru) m (elerón) Spanish: alerón (es) m Swedish: skevroder n

See also

• spoiler

Anagrams

• alerion, alienor

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French aileron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.ləˈrɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ai‧le‧ron
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

aileron m (plural ailerons)

1. aileron (aeroplane part)

   Synonym: rolroer

French

Etymology

From aile +‎ -eron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛl.ʁɔ̃/

• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

aileron m (plural ailerons)

1. (anatomy) fin (of some fish)
2. (anatomy) flipper (of penguins and other animals)
3. aileron
4. spoiler (of an automobile)

Usage notes

See nageoire

Descendants

• → Dutch: aileron
• → English: aileron
• → Portuguese: ailerão
• → Spanish: alerón

See also

• nageoire

Further reading

• “aileron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Aliénor
• enrôlai

Indonesian

Etymology

From English aileron, from French aileron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ai̯.ləˈrɔn]
• Hyphenation: ai‧lê‧ron

Noun

aileron (plural aileron-aileron)

1. aileron

Further reading

• “aileron” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aileron.

Noun

aileron m (plural ailerons)

1. alternative form of ailerão