dirigeable

French

dirigeable

Etymology

From diriger +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.ʁi.ʒabl/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophone: dirigeables
• Hyphenation: di‧ri‧geable

Adjective

dirigeable (plural dirigeables)

1. directable

Derived terms

• ballon dirigeable

Noun

dirigeable m (plural dirigeables)

1. dirigible, blimp

Descendants

• → English: dirigible
• → Russian: дирижа́бль (dirižáblʹ)
  • → Kazakh: дирижабль (dirijabl)
  • → Lithuanian: dirižablis

Further reading

• “dirigeable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012