aileron

Borrowed from French aileron, diminutive of aile (“wing”), also refers to the extremities of a bird's wings used to control their flight. It first appeared in print in the 7th edition of Cassell's French-English Dictionary of 1877, with its lead meaning of "small wing". In the context of powered airplanes it appears in print about 1908, in the French aviation journal L'Aérophile.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪləɹɒn/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪləɹɑn/

aileron (plural ailerons)

1. The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
2. (architecture) A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

• (hinged part): control surface

• spoiler

• alerion, alienor

Borrowed from French aileron.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.ləˈrɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ai‧le‧ron
• Rhymes: -ɔn

aileron m (plural ailerons)

1. aileron (aeroplane part)

   Synonym: rolroer

From aile +‎ -eron.

• IPA^(key): /ɛl.ʁɔ̃/

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aileron m (plural ailerons)

1. (anatomy) fin (of some fish)
2. (anatomy) flipper (of penguins and other animals)
3. aileron
4. spoiler (of an automobile)

See nageoire

• → Dutch: aileron
• → English: aileron
• → Portuguese: ailerão
• → Spanish: alerón

• nageoire

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

• Aliénor
• enrôlai

From English aileron, from French aileron.

• IPA^(key): [ai̯.ləˈrɔn]
• Hyphenation: ai‧lê‧ron

aileron (plural aileron-aileron)

1. aileron

• “aileron” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Unadapted borrowing from French aileron.

aileron m (plural ailerons)

1. alternative form of ailerão