different between dirigible vs nacelle

English

Etymology

From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d???d??b??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??.?.d??.b?l/

Noun

dirigible (plural dirigibles)

1. (aviation) A self-propelled airship that can be steered.

Hyponyms

• blimp
• nonrigid
• rigid
• semirigid
• Zeppelin

Translations

Adjective

dirigible (comparative more dirigible, superlative most dirigible)

1. steerable

Derived terms

• dirigibility
• indirigible

Translations

See also

• airship
• balloon
• barrage balloon
• blimp
• zeppelin, Zeppelin
• Wikipedia article on dirigibles

Spanish

Noun

dirigible m (plural dirigibles)

1. dirigible

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nacelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??s?l/

Noun

nacelle (plural nacelles)

1. A separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine, cargo, or crew.
2. The part between the tower and rotor of a wind turbine.
3. The compartment that holds passengers on a hot-air balloon, a dirigible, or an aerostat; a gondola.
4. The submersed providers of buoyancy of a SWATH hulled boat.
5. (obsolete) A small boat.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French nacele (“small boat”), from Late Latin navicella, diminutive of Latin navis (“boat”). Doublet of navicelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.s?l/

Noun

nacelle f (plural nacelles)

1. (literary) skiff
2. gondola (of hot-air balloon etc.)
3. pod (of spacecraft)
4. cradle

Related terms

• naval
• navire
• nef

Further reading

• “nacelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).