As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts.
Source: tatoeba (1944)
Pilot
//ˈpaɪ.lət//
Synonyms for "pilot" (223 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (67)
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directordocking pilotdodgerdoyendragomandrivedriverdroverempiricalengineerescortexperimentalface maskferryfinger guardflierflyerfoot guardfunctionaryfusegoatherdgogglesgoverngovernorguardguardrailguideguidepostguidergyropilothand guardhandlehandlerhandrailhard hathave the connhelmhelmethelmsmanherdherdsmanheuristichit-or-misshold the reins
Noun(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (111)
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Verb(1 words)
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6 entriesat location
6 entriescapable of
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1 entriesTranslations
300 translations across 84 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- vlieënier noun (controller of aircraft)
Albanian
1 entries- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κυβερνήτης noun (steerer)
- κυβερνάω verb (to control an aircraft or watercraft)
Arabic
2 entries- طَيَّار noun (controller of aircraft)
- طَيَّارَة noun (controller of aircraft)
Armenian
3 entries- լոցման noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- նավատար noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- օդաչու noun (controller of aircraft)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
2 entries- ܛܵܝܘܿܣܬܵܐ noun (controller of aircraft)
- ܛܵܝܘܿܣܵܐ noun (controller of aircraft)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- aviator noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
- təyyarəçi noun (controller of aircraft)
Basque
1 entries- hegazkinlari noun (controller of aircraft)
Belarusian
4 entries- авія́тар noun (controller of aircraft)
- лётнік noun (controller of aircraft)
- лётніца noun (controller of aircraft)
- лётчык noun (controller of aircraft)
Bengali
2 entries- বিমান চালক noun (controller of aircraft)
- বৈমানিক noun (controller of aircraft)
Breton
4 entries- levier noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- loman noun (controller of aircraft)
- loman noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- leviañ (1,2) verb (to control an aircraft or watercraft)
Bulgarian
4 entries- контро́лен adj (made or used as a test)
- опитен adj (made or used as a test)
- авиа́тор noun (controller of aircraft)
- авиа́торка noun (controller of aircraft)
Burmese
1 entries- လေယာဉ်မှူး noun (controller of aircraft)
Catalan
4 entries- pilot adj (made or used as a test)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilot noun (sample TV series episode)
- pilotar verb (to control an aircraft or watercraft)
Chechen
2 entries- кеманхо noun (controller of aircraft)
- пилот noun (controller of aircraft)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ noun (controller of aircraft)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 機師 /机师 noun (controller of aircraft)
- 飛機師 /飞机师 noun (controller of aircraft)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 引水人 noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- 引港 noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- 領航 /领航 noun (steerer)
- 飛行員 /飞行员 noun (controller of aircraft)
Czech
4 entries- letec noun (controller of aircraft)
- letkyně noun (controller of aircraft)
- lodivod noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
Danish
4 entries- lods noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilotafsnit noun (sample TV series episode)
- styrmand noun (steerer)
Dutch
4 entries- demo adj (made or used as a test)
- piloot adj (made or used as a test)
- test adj (made or used as a test)
- loods noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
Esperanto
3 entries- piloto noun (controller of aircraft)
- piloto noun (steerer)
- piloti verb (to control an aircraft or watercraft)
Estonian
3 entries- loots noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- lootsija noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- piloot noun (controller of aircraft)
Faroese
2 entries- flogmaður noun (controller of aircraft)
- flúgvari noun (controller of aircraft)
Finnish
4 entries- koe adj (made or used as a test)
- merkki adj (used as indicator)
- pilotti adj (made or used as a test)
- varoitus adj (being a vehicle to warn other road users)
French
2 entries- pilote noun (controller of aircraft)
- programme pilote noun (sample TV series episode)
Galician
3 entries- pilotar verb (to control an aircraft or watercraft)
- pilotar verb (to guide through coastal waters)
- probar verb (to test)
Georgian
3 entries- პილოტური adj (made or used as a test)
- მფრინავი noun (controller of aircraft)
- პილოტი noun (controller of aircraft)
German
4 entries- Flugzeugführer noun (controller of aircraft)
- Flugzeugführerin noun (controller of aircraft)
- Lotse noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- Pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
Greek
4 entries- κυβερνήτης noun (controller of aircraft)
- πηδαλιούχος noun (steerer)
- πηδαλιούχος noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- πιλοτικό επεισόδιο noun (sample TV series episode)
Greenlandic
2 entries- ilisimasortaq noun (controller of aircraft)
- timmisartortartoq noun (controller of aircraft)
Hebrew
1 entries- טייס \ טַיָּס noun (controller of aircraft)
Hindi
3 entries- पायलट noun (controller of aircraft)
- विमानचालक noun (controller of aircraft)
- हवाबाज़ noun (controller of aircraft)
Hungarian
4 entries- mintaepizód noun (sample TV series episode)
- pilóta noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilótafilm noun (sample TV series episode)
- próbaepizód noun (sample TV series episode)
Icelandic
1 entries- flugmaður noun (controller of aircraft)
Ido
4 entries- pilotanto noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilotero noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilotisto noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilotar verb (to control an aircraft or watercraft)
Indonesian
2 entries- penerbang noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
Ingrian
1 entries- pilotta noun (controller of aircraft)
Italian
4 entries- pilota adj (made or used as a test)
- episodio pilota noun (sample TV series episode)
- pilota noun (controller of aircraft)
- comandare verb (to guide through coastal waters)
Japanese
4 entries- パイロット noun (controller of aircraft)
- パイロット noun (sample TV series episode)
- 操縦士 noun (controller of aircraft)
- 水先人 noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦗꦸꦫꦸꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦼꦒꦤ noun (controller of aircraft)
Kalmyk
1 entries- нисәч noun (controller of aircraft)
Kazakh
1 entries- ұшқыш noun (controller of aircraft)
Khmer
2 entries- អាកាសយានិក noun (controller of aircraft)
- អ្នកបើកយន្តហោះ noun (controller of aircraft)
Korean
4 entries- 비행사 noun (controller of aircraft)
- 조종사 noun (controller of aircraft)
- 파일럿 noun (controller of aircraft)
- 파일럿 noun (sample TV series episode)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- лётчик noun (controller of aircraft)
- пилот noun (controller of aircraft)
- учкуч noun (controller of aircraft)
Lao
2 entries- ນັກຂັບຍົນ noun (controller of aircraft)
- ນັກບິນ noun (controller of aircraft)
Latin
2 entries- gubernātor noun (steerer)
- gubernō verb (to control an aircraft or watercraft)
Latvian
4 entries- eksperimentāls adj (made or used as a test)
- lidotājs noun (controller of aircraft)
- locis noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- pilots noun (controller of aircraft)
Lithuanian
3 entries- aviatorius noun (controller of aircraft)
- lakūnas noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilotas noun (controller of aircraft)
Macedonian
4 entries- летач noun (controller of aircraft)
- летачка noun (controller of aircraft)
- пило́тка noun (controller of aircraft)
- пилот noun (controller of aircraft)
Malay
1 entries- juruterbang noun (controller of aircraft)
Mongolian
2 entries- нисгэгч noun (controller of aircraft)
- ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠡᠭᠴᠢ noun (controller of aircraft)
Māori
4 entries- whakatauira adj (made or used as a test)
- kaiurungi noun (steerer)
- paerata noun (controller of aircraft)
- whakatauira noun (sample TV series episode)
Norman
1 entries- pilote noun (controller of aircraft)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- firvan noun (controller of aircraft)
- pîlot noun (controller of aircraft)
- rêberê keştîyê noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
Northern Sami
1 entries- girdi noun (controller of aircraft)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- flyger noun (controller of aircraft)
- los noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- los noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
Pashto
3 entries- هوانورد noun (controller of aircraft)
- پايلوټ noun (controller of aircraft)
- پيلوټ noun (controller of aircraft)
Persian
3 entries- خلبان noun (controller of aircraft)
- هوانورد noun (controller of aircraft)
- پیلوت noun (controller of aircraft)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Pieloot noun (controller of aircraft)
Polish
4 entries- pilotażowy adj (made or used as a test)
- próbny adj (made or used as a test)
- testowy adj (made or used as a test)
- lotniczka noun (controller of aircraft)
Portuguese
4 entries- piloto noun (controller of aircraft)
- piloto noun (sample TV series episode)
- prático noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- pilotar verb (to control an aircraft or watercraft)
Romanian
1 entries- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
Russian
4 entries- контро́льный adj (made or used as a test)
- о́пытный adj (made or used as a test)
- пило́тный adj (made or used as a test)
- про́бный adj (made or used as a test)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- avijàtičār noun (controller of aircraft)
- avijàtičārka noun (controller of aircraft)
- pìlōt noun (controller of aircraft)
- pìlōtkinja noun (controller of aircraft)
Slovak
4 entries- letec noun (controller of aircraft)
- letkyňa noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilotka noun (controller of aircraft)
Slovene
2 entries- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilotka noun (controller of aircraft)
Spanish
4 entries- piloto adj (used as indicator)
- aeronauta noun (controller of aircraft)
- piloto noun (controller of aircraft)
- piloto noun (sample TV series episode)
Swahili
1 entries- rubani noun (controller of aircraft)
Swedish
4 entries- lots noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilotavsnitt noun (sample TV series episode)
- styrman noun (steerer)
Tagalog
2 entries- malim noun (controller of aircraft)
- piloto noun (controller of aircraft)
Tajik
3 entries- лётчик noun (controller of aircraft)
- пилот noun (controller of aircraft)
- ҳавонавард noun (controller of aircraft)
Tatar
1 entries- очучы noun (controller of aircraft)
Thai
2 entries- นำร่อง adj (made or used as a test)
- นักบิน noun (controller of aircraft)
Turkish
4 entries- kılavuz noun (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
- uçarman noun (controller of aircraft)
- uçman noun (controller of aircraft)
Turkmen
2 entries- lýotçik noun (controller of aircraft)
- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
Ukrainian
4 entries- авіа́тор noun (controller of aircraft)
- льо́тчик noun (controller of aircraft)
- льо́тчиця noun (controller of aircraft)
- піло́т noun (controller of aircraft)
Urdu
2 entries- پائلٹ noun (controller of aircraft)
- ہواباز noun (controller of aircraft)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۇچقۇچى noun (controller of aircraft)
Uzbek
2 entries- pilot noun (controller of aircraft)
- uchuvchi noun (controller of aircraft)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phi công noun (controller of aircraft)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַוויאַטאָר noun (controller of aircraft)
- פּילאָט noun (controller of aircraft)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
I couldn't say when exactly in my life it occurred to me that I would be a pilot someday.
Source: tatoeba (6135)
A moment's hesitation may cost a pilot his life.
Source: tatoeba (27712)
The pilot landed the airplane in the field.
Source: tatoeba (35511)
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