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aëronaut

aëronaut noun: dated spelling of aeronaut.

Noun

aëronaut (plural aëronauts)

  1. Dated spelling of aeronaut.
    • Some of them managed to stay with the damaged balloon of Lee Scoresby, the Texan aëronaut.1997, Philip Pullman, chapter 2, in The Subtle Knife, page 30

Forms of aëronaut

pluralaëronauts

Origin of aëronaut

From aër- + -o- + -naut.

Questions about aëronaut

What does aëronaut mean?
Aëronaut means dated spelling of aeronaut.
What part of speech is aëronaut?
Aëronaut is a noun.
What is the plural of aëronaut?
The plural of aëronaut is aëronauts.

Words near aëronaut in the dictionary

  1. aërian
  2. Aërians
  3. aëro-
  4. aërodynamics
  5. aëromancy
  6. aëronaut
  7. aëronauts
  8. aërophobia
  9. aëroplane
  10. aëroplanes
  11. aëroport

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