Have you ever ridden in a dirigible?
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Dirigible
//ˈdɪɹ.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl//
Synonyms for "dirigible" (11 found)
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90 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- lugskip noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Arabic
1 entries- سَفِينَة هَوَائِيَّة noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Armenian
1 entries- դիրիժաբլ noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Asturian
1 entries- dirixible noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Basque
1 entries- baloi gidatu noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Belarusian
1 entries- дырыжа́бль noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Bulgarian
2 entries- направляем adj (steerable)
- дирижа́бъл noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Burmese
1 entries- လေသင်္ဘော noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Catalan
1 entries- dirigible noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 飛船 /飞船 noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- 飛艇 /飞艇 noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Chuvash
1 entries- дирижабль noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Czech
1 entries- vzducholoď noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Danish
1 entries- luftskib noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Dutch
1 entries- luchtschip noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Esperanto
1 entries- aerŝipo noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Estonian
1 entries- õhulaev noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Faroese
1 entries- luftskip noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Finnish
1 entries- ilmalaiva noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
French
3 entries- dirigeable adj (steerable)
- ballon dirigeable noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- dirigeable noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Galician
1 entries- dirixible noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Georgian
1 entries- დირიჟაბლი noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
German
1 entries- Luftschiff noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Hebrew
2 entries- סְפִינַת אֲוִיר noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- ספינת אוויר noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Hungarian
2 entries- kormányozható léghajó noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- léghajó noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Icelandic
1 entries- loftskip noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Ido
3 entries- direktebla adj (steerable)
- aeronavo noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- direkteblo noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Indonesian
1 entries- kapal udara noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Interlingua
1 entries- dirigibile noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Irish
1 entries- aerlong noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Italian
3 entries- dirigibile adj (steerable)
- aeronave noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- dirigibile noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Japanese
2 entries- 軽気球 noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- 飛行船 noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Javanese
1 entries- palwa anggegana noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Kazakh
1 entries- дирижабль noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Korean
2 entries- 기구 noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- 비행선 noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- дирижабль noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Latin
1 entries- aëria navis noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Latvian
1 entries- dirižablis noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dirižablis noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Low German
2 entries- Luchtschipp noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- Luftschipp noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Macedonian
1 entries- дирижа́бл noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Malay
1 entries- kapal udara noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Malayalam
1 entries- ആകാശക്കപ്പൽ noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Manx
1 entries- yn-stiurey adj (steerable)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- luftskip noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- luftskip noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Old English
1 entries- lyftscip noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Persian
1 entries- کشتی هوایی noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Loftschepp noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Polish
1 entries- sterowiec noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Portuguese
1 entries- dirigível noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Romanian
3 entries- dirijabil adj (steerable)
- balon dirijabil noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- dirijabil noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Russian
2 entries- управля́емый adj (steerable)
- дирижа́бль noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dirižabl noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- zračni brod noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- дирижабл noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- зрачни брод noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Slovak
1 entries- vzducholoď noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Slovene
1 entries- zračna ladja noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Spanish
3 entries- dirigible adj (steerable)
- dirigible noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- globo dirigible noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Swahili
1 entries- ndegeputo noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Swedish
1 entries- luftskepp noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Tagalog
1 entries- barkong panghimpapawid noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Tamil
1 entries- வான்கப்பல் noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Thai
1 entries- เรือเหาะ noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Tibetan
1 entries- རླུང་གྲུ noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Turkish
1 entries- hava gemisi noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дирижа́бль noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Urdu
1 entries- ہواکشتی noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Uzbek
1 entries- dirijabl noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Vietnamese
2 entries- khí cầu điều khiển được noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
- điều khiển được noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Welsh
1 entries- awyrlong noun (a self-propelled airship that can be steered)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
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People had time to think up some questions, including reporters who shouted “Are you going to shoot down the balloon?” at President Biden shortly before the dirigible came down.
Source: wiktionary
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