aviateur
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French aviateur, equivalent to avi- + -ateur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaː.vi.aːˈtøːr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: avi‧a‧teur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Noun
aviateur m (plural aviateurs, diminutive aviateurtje n)
- (chiefly historical) aviator
Synonyms
- piloot
- vliegenier
- vlieger
French
Etymology
Back-formation of aviation + -eur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vja.tœʁ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
Noun
aviateur m (plural aviateurs, feminine aviatrice)
- aviator (male) (male pilot, airman)
- L'aviateur a réussi à quitter son avion juste avant le crash.
- The aviator managed to abandon his plane just before the crash.
Descendants
- → Dutch: aviateur
- → Portuguese: aviador
- → Spanish: aviador
Further reading
- “aviateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.