dirigible
pronunciation
How to pronounce dirigible in British English:
UK [ˈdɪrɪdʒəbl]
How to pronounce dirigible in American English:
US [ˈdɪrədʒəbəl, dəˈrɪdʒəbəl]
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- Noun:
- a steerable self-propelled airship
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- Adjective:
- capable of being steered or directed
Word Origin
- dirigible (n.)
- "airship," 1885, from French dirigeable, literally "capable of being directed or guided," from Latin dirigere (see direct (v.)). The word existed as an adjective in English from 1580s, with the literal sense.
Example
- 1. Pictured here is a dirigible that one attendee built , which is powered by his badge .
- 2. Early machines included the the sausage-shaped dirigible balloon pictured left and the sky-cycle which resembled a bicycle strung on a parachute .
- 3. Vimanas took off vertically , and were capable of hovering in the sky , like a modern helicopter or dirigible .
- 4. Thanks to kevin and dug they flee the dirigible and escape muntz 's pack of vicious dogs , led by alpha , but kevin is injured .