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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchpilot,pillot, fromItalianpilota,piloto, older alsopedotta,pedot(t)o (the form inpil- is probably influenced bypileggiare(“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattestedByzantine Greek*πηδώτης(*pēdṓtēs,“helmsman”), fromAncient Greekπηδόν(pēdón,“blade of an oar, oar”),[1] hence alsoAncient andModern Greekπηδάλιον(pēdálion,“rudder”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot (pluralpilots)

  1. A person whosteers aship, ahelmsman.
    • 1697,Virgil, “The First Book of theÆneis”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
      They scud before the wind, and sail in open sea.
      Ahead of all the masterpilot steers;
      And, as he leads, the following navy veers.
  2. A person who knows well the depths and currents of aharbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to helpnavigate the harbor or coast.
  3. Aguide book formaritimenavigation.
  4. Aninstrument for detecting thecompasserror.
  5. (Australia, road transport, informal) Apilot vehicle.
  6. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
  7. Aguide orescort through an unknown or dangerous area.
    • 1834,David Crockett,A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, E. L. Cary and A. Hart,page 43:
      So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken forpilots.
  8. Something serving as a test or trial.
    • 2018,Tsitsi Dangarembga,This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page40:
      “I agreed with my husband when he said that to do the business properly we must do apilot first.”
    We would like to run apilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.
    1. (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
  9. (telecommunications, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
  11. (aviation) A person who is in charge of thecontrols of anaircraft.
  12. (television) Asampleepisode of a proposedTVseries produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
    • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary,Pulp Fiction, spoken by Jules (Samuel L. Jackson):
      I think her biggest deal was she starred in apilot.[…]Well, the way they pick TV shows is they make one show. That show's called apilot. Then they show that one show to the people who pick shows, and on the strength of that one show, they decide if they wanna make more shows.
  13. (rail transport) Acowcatcher.
  14. (Europe, motor racing) Aracing driver.
  15. Apilot light.
  16. One who flies akite.
    • 2003, John P. Glaser,A Father's Collage, page31:
      Julia has become quite a good kitepilot. She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.
  17. A shortplug, sometimes madeinterchangeable, at the end of acounterbore toguide thetool.

Derived terms

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Terms derived frompilot (noun and adjective)

Descendants

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Translations

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controller of aircraft
steerer
person who helps navigate the harbor or coast
sample TV series episode

Adjective

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pilot (notcomparable)

  1. Made or used as atest ordemonstration of capability.
    apilot run of the new factory
    Thepilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
  2. Used tocontrol oractivate another device.
    apilot light
  3. Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
    apilot vehicle

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made or used as a test
used as indicator
being a vehicle to warn other road users

Verb

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pilot (third-person singular simple presentpilots,present participlepiloting,simple past and past participlepiloted)

  1. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
    • 1975, John H. Reed, Transportation Safety Board,Safety Information, page30:
      I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats,piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA toLAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.
  2. (transitive) Toguide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
  3. (transitive) Totest or have apreliminarytrial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
  4. (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on adouble-headed train.
    • 1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Midland Lines”, inModern Railways, page279:
      One of the Midland Lines' Birmingham R.C.W. Type 2 diesels, No. D5403, made the debut of its class in the Manchester area on July 28 when it appeared in the early hours on freight; after four days in the area it left for the southpiloting B.R./Sulzer Type 4 diesel No. D88 on the 2.25 Manchester Central-St. Pancras.

Translations

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to control an aircraft or watercraft
to guide through coastal waters
to test

References

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  1. ^Liddell-Scott entry for πηδόν
  2. ^Liddell-Scott entry for πηδάλιον

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromItalianpilota.

Adjective

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pilot (invariable)

  1. pilot
    plantapilot ―pilot plant

Noun

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pilot m orf (pluralpilots)

  1. pilot
  2. driver
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Noun

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pilot m (pluralpilots)

  1. light, warning light
  2. (television)pilot
    Synonym:episodi pilot

Etymology 2

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Frompila +‎-ot.

Noun

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pilot m (pluralpilots)

  1. pile,heap
  2. ball,bundle
    pilot de cera ―ball of wax
  3. (cycling)peloton

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Czech

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CzechWikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot m anim

  1. pilot(controller of aircraft)

Declension

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Declension ofpilot (hard masculine animate)
singularplural
nominativepilotpiloti,pilotové
genitivepilotapilotů
dativepilotovi,pilotupilotům
accusativepilotapiloty
vocativepilotepiloti,pilotové
locativepilotovi,pilotupilotech
instrumentalpilotempiloty

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “pilot”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
  • “pilot”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
  • “pilot”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025

Danish

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Noun

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pilot c (singular definitepiloten,plural indefinitepiloter)

  1. pilot

Declension

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Declension ofpilot
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativepilotpilotenpiloterpiloterne
genitivepilotspilotenspiloterspiloternes

References

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Indonesian

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IndonesianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediaid

Etymology

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Internationalism,borrowed fromEnglishpilot, fromMiddle Frenchpilot,pillot, fromItalianpilota,piloto, older alsopedotta,pedot(t)o (the form inpil- is probably influenced bypileggiare(“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattestedByzantine Greek*πηδώτης(*pēdṓtēs,“helmsman”), fromAncient Greekπηδόν(pēdón,“blade of an oar, oar”).

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Noun

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pilot (pluralpilot-pilot)

  1. (aviation)aviator,pilot: A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft
    Synonyms:aviator,juru terbang,penerbang,pilot
    Synonym:juruterbang(Standard Malay)

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Latvian

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Noun

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pilot

  1. vocativesingular ofpilots

Verb

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pilot

  1. presentconjunctive ofpilēt
  2. (with the particlelai)imperativeconjunctive ofpilēt

Participle

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pilot(invariable)

  1. adverbial invariablepresentactiveparticiple ofpilēt

Middle French

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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pilot m (pluralpilots)

  1. stake (pole designed to be pushed into the ground)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromFrenchpilote.

Noun

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pilot m (definite singularpiloten,indefinite pluralpiloter,definite pluralpilotene)

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

Synonyms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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FromFrenchpilote.

Noun

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pilot m (definite singularpiloten,indefinite pluralpilotar,definite pluralpilotane)

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

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Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediapl

Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchpilote.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot m pers

  1. pilot(controller of aircraft)

Declension

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Declension ofpilot
singularplural
nominativepilotpiloci/piloty (deprecative)
genitivepilotapilotów
dativepilotowipilotom
accusativepilotapilotów
instrumentalpilotempilotami
locativepilociepilotach
vocativepilociepiloci

Noun

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pilot m inan

  1. (electronics)remote control
  2. (film, marketing)trailer(preview of a film)
    Synonyms:teaser,trailer,zwiastun

Declension

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Declension ofpilot
singularplural
nominativepilotpiloty
genitivepilotapilotów
dativepilotowipilotom
accusativepilotpiloty
instrumentalpilotempilotami
locativepilociepilotach
vocativepilociepiloty

Derived terms

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noun

Further reading

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  • pilot inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pilot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchpilote.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot m (pluralpiloți)

  1. pilot

Declension

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Declension ofpilot
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativepilotpilotulpiloțipiloții
genitive-dativepilotpilotuluipiloțipiloților
vocativepilotulepiloților

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Swedish

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SwedishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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FromFrenchpilote.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilot c

  1. apilot
    Piloten är den som styr ett flygplan, helikopter, rymdskepp eller dylikt
    The pilot is the person who controls an airplane, helicopter, spaceship, or the like

Declension

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Declension ofpilot
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitepilotpilots
definitepilotenpilotens
pluralindefinitepiloterpiloters
definitepiloternapiloternas

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchpilote.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /piˈlot/
  • Hyphenation:pi‧lot

Adjective

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pilot

  1. pilot

Noun

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pilot (definite accusativepilotu,pluralpilotlar)

  1. pilot
  2. race car driver
    Synonym:araba yarışçısı

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