dirigible
UK/ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒəbəl//ˈdɪɹ.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/
dirigible noun: a self-propelled airship that can be steered.
Noun
dirigible (plural dirigibles)
- A self-propelled airship that can be steered.
- Do you know, Louis, of any great secret military camp where a surprise fleet of dirigibles and flying machines of a new and terrible pattern is being formed by a far-seeing Government as a reserve against the day of Armageddon?1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
- On the opposite wall, the R101 tragedy is recalled by the airship's tattered ensign in a glass case, a plaque from the Royal Airship Works and a photograph of the dirigible at her moorings.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 101
Adjective
dirigible (comparative more dirigible, superlative most dirigible)
dirigible meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
dirigible in Tamil
- a self-propelled airship that can be steered
- வான்கப்பல் vāṉkappal
dirigible in Urdu
- a self-propelled airship that can be steered
- ہَواکَشْتی havākaśtī, ہَوائی کَشْتی havāī kaśtī
dirigible in Bengali
- a self-propelled airship that can be steered
- আকাশতরী akaśtori
dirigible in Malayalam
- a self-propelled airship that can be steered
- ആകാശക്കപ്പൽ ākāśakkappal
More languagesFewer languages
- dirigible in Kannada
- ನಡೆಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಅಂಕೆಯೊಳಗಿರಿಸಬಲ್ಲ
- dirigible in Tagalog
- barkong panghimpapawid
- dirigible in Arabic
- سَفِينَة هَوَائِيَّة
- dirigible in Malay
- kapal udara
- dirigible in Indonesian
- kapal udara
- dirigible in Thai
- เรือเหาะ rʉʉa-hɔ̀
- dirigible in Vietnamese
- điều khiển được, khí cầu điều khiển được
- dirigible in Myanmar
- လေသင်္ဘော lesangbhau:
Forms of dirigible
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | dirigibles |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more dirigible |
| superlative | most dirigible |
Origin of dirigible
From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).
Words formed from dirigible
Questions about dirigible
- What does dirigible mean?
- Dirigible means a self-propelled airship that can be steered.
- What is dirigible in Tamil?
- Dirigible in Tamil is வான்கப்பல் (vāṉkappal). See Dirigible meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dirigible?
- Dirigible can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce dirigible?
- Dirigible is pronounced /ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒəbəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dirigible?
- The plural of dirigible is dirigibles.
Words near dirigible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dirigible (page history and authors); dirigible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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