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Dirigible

//ˈdɪɹ.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    steerable
Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being steered or directed wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A self-propelled airship that can be steered.

    "On the opposite wall, the R101 tragedy is recalled by the airship's tattered ensign in a glass case, a plaque from the Royal Airship Works and a photograph of the dirigible at her moorings."

  2. 2
    a steerable self-propelled aircraft wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).

Etymology 2

From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).

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