zeppelin

See also: Zeppelin

English

Noun

zeppelin (plural zeppelins)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Zeppelin.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zeppelin, from the surname of Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin, named after Zepelin in Mecklenburg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.pəˌlɪn/

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• Hyphenation: zep‧pe‧lin

Noun

zeppelin m (plural zeppelins, diminutive zeppelinnetje n)

1. Zeppelin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ.plɛ̃/ ~ /ze.plɛ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Homophone: zeppelins

Noun

zeppelin m (plural zeppelins)

1. Zeppelin

Further reading

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