pilot

Etymology
From, , from , , older also , (the form in pil- is probably influenced by ); ultimately from unattested , from , hence also Ancient and Modern Greek.

Noun

 * 1) A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
 * 2) A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
 * 3) A guide book for maritime navigation.
 * 4) An instrument for detecting the compass error.
 * 5)  A pilot vehicle.
 * 6)  A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
 * 7) A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
 * 8) * 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.
 * 1) Something serving as a test or trial.
 * 2)  The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
 * 3)  A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  A cowcatcher.
 * 6)  A racing driver.
 * 7) A pilot light.
 * 8) One who flies a kite.
 * 9) A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
 * 1)  A racing driver.
 * 2) A pilot light.
 * 3) One who flies a kite.
 * 4) A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.
 * 1) A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: طَيَّار,
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܛܵܝܘܿܣܵܐ, ܛܵܝܘܿܣܬܵܐ
 * Azerbaijani:, , aviator
 * Basque: hegazkinlari
 * Belarusian: лётчык, лётчыца, піло́т, пілёт, авія́тар, лётнік, лётніца
 * Bengali: বিমান চালক,
 * Breton: loman
 * Bulgarian:, , , авиа́торка
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: кеманхо, пилот
 * Cherokee: ᎦᏃᎯᎵᏙᎯ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 機師, 飛機師
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, pilotka, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: piloot
 * Faroese: flogmaður, flúgvari
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: პილოტი, მფრინავი
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Greenlandic: ilisimasortaq, timmisartortartoq
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, हवाबाज़,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: flugmaður
 * Ido:, pilotero,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingrian: pilotta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Javanese: ꦗꦸꦫꦸꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦼꦒꦤ
 * Kalmyk: нисәч
 * Kazakh: ұшқыш
 * Khmer: អ្នកបើកយន្តហោះ, អាកាសយានិក
 * Korean:, 파일럿, 비행사(飛行士)
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:, лётчик, пилот
 * Lao: ນັກບິນ, ນັກຂັບຍົນ
 * Latvian: pilots, lidotājs
 * Lithuanian: pilotas, aviatorius, lakūnas
 * Macedonian: пилот, пило́тка, летач, летачка
 * Malay:
 * Maori: paerata
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠡᠭᠴᠢ
 * Norman: pilote
 * Northern Sami: girdi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pilot,
 * Nynorsk: pilot
 * Pashto:, پايلوټ, هوانورد
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Pieloot
 * Polish:, , , lotniczka
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: авија̀тича̄р, авија̀тича̄рка, пѝло̄т, пѝло̄ткиња
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovak: pilot, pilotka, letec, letkyňa
 * Slovene:, pilotka
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: piloto, malim
 * Tajik: лётчик, пилот, ҳавонавард
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, uçarman
 * Turkmen: lýotçik, pilot
 * Ukrainian: льо́тчик, льо́тчиця, піло́т,
 * Urdu: پائلٹ, ہواباز
 * Uyghur: ئۇچقۇچى
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: פּילאָט, אַוויאַטאָר


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κυβερνήτης
 * Latin: gubernātor
 * Maori: kaiurungi
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian: ,
 * Breton: loman, levier
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: loots, lootsija
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: rêberê keştîyê
 * Latvian: locis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: los
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: koejakso
 * French: programme pilote
 * Greek:, πιλοτικό επεισόδιο
 * Hungarian: próbaepizód
 * Italian: episodio pilota
 * Maori: whakatauira
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: pilotavsnitt

Adjective

 * 1) 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.
 * 1) Used to control or activate another device.
 * a pilot light
 * 1) Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
 * a pilot vehicle

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: piloot-, test-,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: პილოტური
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: eksperimentāls
 * Maori: whakatauira
 * Polish:, pilotażowy, testowy
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Thai:


 * Finnish:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
 * 2)  To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
 * 3)  To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
 * 4)  To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.

Translations

 * Breton: lomaniñ (1), (1,2)
 * Bulgarian: пилоти́рам
 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: piloti
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: πιλοτάρω (pilotáro) (1), διευθύνω (ðiefthíno), , χειρίζομαι (çirízome) (1, 2),
 * Ancient: κυβερνάω
 * Ido:
 * Latin: gubernō
 * Latvian: pilotēt,
 * Maori: takitaki, arahi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Breton: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician: probar
 * Maori: whakatauira
 * Polish: prowadzić program pilotażowy
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) driver
 * 2) light, warning light
 * 1) light, warning light

Noun

 * 1)  controller of aircraft

Etymology
,, from , , from , , older also , (the form in pil- is probably influenced by ); ultimately from unattested , from.

Noun

 * , : A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.

Noun

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

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  (controller of an aircraft)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  (controller of an aircraft)

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  remote control
 * 2)  trailer

Etymology
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Related terms

 * a
 * a
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Etymology
From.

Noun

 * a

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) race car driver
 * 1) race car driver