pilot
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#PILOT pilot, pillot, from ItalianCategory:English terms derived from Italian#PILOT pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine GreekCategory:English terms derived from Byzantine Greek#PILOT *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#PILOT πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”),[1] hence also Ancient and Modern Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaɪ̯.lət/, [ˈpʰaɪ̯.lət]Category:English 2-syllable words#PILOTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PILOT
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɪ̯.lət/, [ˈpʰɑ̟ɪ̯.lət], /ˈpɒɪ̯.lət/, [ˈpʰɒ̈ɪ̯.lət]Category:English 2-syllable words#PILOTCategory:English 2-syllable words#PILOTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PILOT
- (Southern US, General South African, /aɪ̯/-ungliding) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.lət/, [ˈpʰaː.lət]Category:English 2-syllable words#PILOTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PILOT
- Rhymes: -aɪlətCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪlət#PILOTCategory:Rhymes:English/aɪlət/2 syllables#PILOT
- Hyphenation: pi‧lot
- Homophones: pielet, PilateCategory:English terms with homophones#PILOT
Noun
pilot (plural pilots)Category:English lemmas#PILOTCategory:English nouns#PILOTCategory:English countable nouns#PILOTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
- 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Æneis”, in John 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.Category:English terms with quotations#PILOT
Ahead of all the master pilot steers;
And, as he leads, the following navy veers.
- A person who knows well the depths, shoals, and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
- A guide book for maritime navigation.
- An instrument for detecting the compass error.
- (AustraliaCategory:Australian English#PILOT, road transportCategory:en:Road transport#PILOT, informalCategory:English informal terms#PILOT) A pilot vehicle.
- (AustraliaCategory:Australian English#PILOT, road transportCategory:en:Road transport#PILOT) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
- A guide or escort 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 for pilots.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, E. L. Cary and A. Hart, page 43:
- Something serving as a test or trial.
- We would like to run a pilot in your facility before rolling out the program citywide.Category:English terms with usage examples#PILOT
- 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 40:
- “I agreed with my husband when he said that to do the business properly we must do a pilot first.”Category:English terms with quotations#PILOT
- (miningCategory:en:Mining#PILOT) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
- (telecommunicationsCategory:en:Telecommunications#PILOT, often attributive) A tone or signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a communications system for control or synchronization purposes.
- (aviationCategory:en:Aviation#PILOT) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
- (televisionCategory:en:Television#PILOT) A sample episode of a proposed TV series 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 a pilot. […] Well, the way they pick TV shows is they make one show. That show's called a pilot. 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.Category:English terms with quotations#PILOT
- (rail transportCategory:en:Rail transportation#PILOT) A cowcatcher.
- (EuropeCategory:European English#PILOT, motor racingCategory:en:Motor racing#PILOT) A racing driver.
- A pilot light.
- One who flies a kite.
- 2003, John P. Glaser, A Father's Collage, page 31:
- Julia has become quite a good kite pilot. She has learned how to repeatedly buzz her father's head, coming within two feet, and not hitting him.Category:English terms with quotations#PILOT
- A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
Derived terms
- automatic pilot
- autopilot
- back-door pilot
- backdoor pilot
- branch pilot
- bush pilot
- busted pilot
- charter pilot
- cock pilot
- co-pilot
- copilot
- cow-pilot
- desk pilot
- drop the pilot
- fighter pilot
- hangar pilot
- helipilot
- longfin pilot whale
- nonpilot
- paraglider pilot
- pilotage
- pilot balloon
- pilot beam
- pilotbird
- pilot biscuit
- pilot boat
- pilot bread
- pilot burner
- pilot cloth
- pilot coat
- pilot engine
- pilotess
- pilot experiment
- pilot fish (Naucrates ductorCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Naucrates%20ductor)
- pilot flag
- pilot flame
- pilot flying
- pilot-hole
- pilot hole
- pilothouse
- pilot in command
- pilotism
- pilot jacket
- pilot lamp
- pilotless
- pilot light
- pilotman
- pilot monitoring
- pilot not flying
- pilot nut
- pilot officer
- pilot plant
- pilot project
- pilotry
- pilot scheme
- pilotship
- pilot snake
- pilot valve
- pilot version
- pilot wave
- pilotweed
- pilot whale (Globicephala spp.)
- pilot wheel
- Pilot Wilderness
- rug pilot
- sky pilot
- Stormpilot
- test pilot
- yard pilot
Descendants
Translations
Category:Entries with translation boxes#PILOT
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Adjective
pilot (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#PILOTCategory:English adjectives#PILOTCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#PILOTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
- a pilot run of the new factory
- The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.Category:English terms with usage examples#PILOT
- Used to control or activate another device.
- a pilot light
- Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle or combination.
- a pilot vehicle
Translations
Verb
pilot (third-person singular simple present pilots, present participle piloting, simple past and past participle piloted)Category:English lemmas#PILOTCategory:English verbs#PILOTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PILOT) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
- 1975, John H. Reed, Transportation Safety Board, Safety Information, page 30:
- I have visited more than half a dozen carrier training facilities, spent over 150 hours on jumpseats, piloted a Lockheed 1011 from MIA to LAX, visited numerous towers, rapcons, and centers, and discussed our commercial Air Transport System with everyone involved.Category:English terms with quotations#PILOT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PILOT) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PILOT) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, television show, etc.)
- (rail transportCategory:en:Rail transportation#PILOT, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.
- 1962 October, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Midland Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 279:
- 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 south piloting B.R./Sulzer Type 4 diesel No. D88 on the 2.25 Manchester Central-St. Pancras.Category:English terms with quotations#PILOT
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#PILOT) To guide or conduct (a person) somewhere.
- 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 7:
- Thus it came about that, three days later, I descended from the train at Styles St. Mary, an absurd little station, with no apparent reason for existence, perched up in the midst of green fields and country lanes. John Cavendish was waiting on the platform, and piloted me out to the car.Category:English terms with quotations#PILOT
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “pilot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pilot”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
Category:en:People#PILOTCatalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From ItalianCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Italian#PILOTCategory:Catalan terms derived from Italian#PILOT pilota.
Adjective
pilot (invariable)Category:Catalan lemmas#PILOTCategory:Catalan adjectives#PILOTCategory:Catalan indeclinable adjectives#PILOTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- pilot
- planta pilot ― pilot plantCategory:Catalan terms with usage examples#PILOT
Noun
pilot m or f (plural pilots)Category:Catalan lemmas#PILOTCategory:Catalan nouns#PILOTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#PILOTCategory:Catalan feminine nouns with no feminine ending#PILOTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Catalan feminine nouns#PILOTCategory:Catalan nouns with multiple genders#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
Derived terms
Noun
pilot m (plural pilots)Category:Catalan lemmas#PILOTCategory:Catalan nouns#PILOTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#PILOTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- light, warning light
- (televisionCategory:ca:Television#PILOT) pilot
- Synonym: episodi pilot
Etymology 2
From pila + -otCategory:Catalan terms suffixed with -ot#PILOT.
Noun
pilot m (plural pilots)Category:Catalan lemmas#PILOTCategory:Catalan nouns#PILOTCategory:Catalan countable nouns#PILOTCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- pile, heap
- ball, bundle
- pilot de cera ― ball of waxCategory:Catalan terms with usage examples#PILOT
- (cyclingCategory:ca:Cycling#PILOT) peloton
Further reading
- “pilot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “pilot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “pilot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pilot”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
pilot m animCategory:Czech lemmas#PILOTCategory:Czech nouns#PILOTCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Czech masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Czech animate nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- pilot (controller of aircraft)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pilot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pilot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pilot”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Danish
Noun
pilot c (singular definite piloten, plural indefinite piloter)Category:Danish lemmas#PILOTCategory:Danish nouns#PILOTCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pilot | piloten | piloter | piloterne |
| genitive | pilots | pilotens | piloters | piloternes |
References
- “pilot” in Den Danske Ordbog
Indonesian
Etymology
InternationalismCategory:Indonesian internationalisms#PILOT, borrowed from EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from English#PILOTCategory:Indonesian terms derived from English#PILOT pilot, from Middle FrenchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle French#PILOT pilot, pillot, from ItalianCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Italian#PILOT pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (“to sail, navigate”)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine GreekCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Byzantine Greek#PILOT *πηδώτης (*pēdṓtēs, “helmsman”), from Ancient GreekCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek#PILOT πηδόν (pēdón, “blade of an oar, oar”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpilɔt/ [ˈpi.lɔt̪̚]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#PILOTCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#PILOT
- Rhymes: -ilɔtCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ilɔt#PILOTCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ilɔt/2 syllables#PILOT
- Syllabification: pi‧lot
Noun
pilot (plural pilot-pilot)Category:Indonesian lemmas#PILOTCategory:Indonesian nouns#PILOTCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- (aviationCategory:id:Aviation#PILOT) aviator, pilot: A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft
- Synonyms: aviator, juru terbang, penerbang, pilot
- Synonym: juruterbang (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pilot”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Latvian
Noun
pilotCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#PILOTCategory:Latvian noun forms#PILOTCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
Verb
pilotCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#PILOTCategory:Latvian verb forms#PILOTCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- present conjunctive of pilēt
- (with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive of pilēt
Participle
pilotCategory:Latvian non-lemma forms#PILOTCategory:Latvian participles#PILOTCategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT (invariable)
Middle French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Middle French entries#PILOT
Noun
pilot m (plural pilots)Category:Middle French lemmas#PILOTCategory:Middle French nouns#PILOTCategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Middle French masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOTCategory:Middle French countable nouns#PILOT
- stake (pole designed to be pushed into the ground)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French#PILOT pilote.
Noun
pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural piloter, definite plural pilotene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#PILOTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#PILOTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- pilot (controller of an aircraft)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “pilot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French#PILOT pilote.
Noun
pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural pilotar, definite plural pilotane)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#PILOTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#PILOTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- pilot (controller of an aircraft)
Derived terms
References
- “pilot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Category:Polish terms derived from Italian#PILOTCategory:Polish terms derived from Byzantine Greek#PILOTCategory:Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek#PILOTCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PILOTBorrowed from FrenchCategory:Polish terms borrowed from French#PILOTCategory:Polish terms derived from French#PILOT pilote.
Pronunciation
Noun
pilot m persCategory:Polish lemmas#PILOTCategory:Polish nouns#PILOTCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Polish masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Polish personal nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- pilot (controller of aircraft)
Declension
Noun
pilot m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#PILOTCategory:Polish nouns#PILOTCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Polish masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- (electronicsCategory:pl:Electronics#PILOT) remote control
- (filmCategory:pl:Film#PILOT, marketingCategory:pl:Marketing#PILOT) trailer (preview of a film)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pilot”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “pilot”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#PILOTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#PILOT pilote.
Pronunciation
Noun
pilot m (plural piloți)Category:Romanian lemmas#PILOTCategory:Romanian nouns#PILOTCategory:Romanian countable nouns#PILOTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Romanian masculine nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
Declension
Related terms
Swedish
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Swedish terms derived from French#PILOT pilote.
Pronunciation
Noun
pilot cCategory:Swedish lemmas#PILOTCategory:Swedish nouns#PILOTCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- a pilot
- 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
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | pilot | pilots |
| definite | piloten | pilotens | |
| plural | indefinite | piloter | piloters |
| definite | piloterna | piloternas |
References
- “pilot”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “pilot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “pilot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Turkish terms borrowed from French#PILOTCategory:Turkish terms derived from French#PILOT pilote.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈlot/Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#PILOT
- Hyphenation: pi‧lot
Adjective
pilotCategory:Turkish lemmas#PILOTCategory:Turkish adjectives#PILOTCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
Noun
pilot (definite accusative pilotu, plural pilotlar)Category:Turkish lemmas#PILOTCategory:Turkish nouns#PILOTCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#PILOTCategory:Pages with entries#PILOTCategory:Pages with 13 entries#PILOT
- pilot
- race car driver
- Synonym: araba yarışçısı