fuselage
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fuselage
- /ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/
- /ˈfjuːsəˌlɑːʒ/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fuselage. Ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”).
For the meaning development, compare rocket, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“spinning wheel, distaff”) (whence also English rock (“distaff, the flax or wool on a distaff”)).
noun fuselages
- The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo. Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: airframe, aircraft, monocoque, breach, body, aerostructure, planform, body gear, aero, aeronautics, tail, fairing, airfoil, aerospace engineering, undercarriage, aerospace
Translations
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noun main body of aerospace vehicle
| Español | fuselaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동체 dongche, 기체 giche |
| 日本語 | 胴体 dōtai, 機体 kitai |
| 中文 | 機身 /机身 jīshēn |
| Português | fuselagem |
| Français | fuselage |
| Deutsch | Flugzeugrumpf, Rumpf |
| Italiano | fusoliera |
| Ελληνικά | άτρακτος átraktos |
| Română | fuzelaj |
| Русский | фюзеля́ж fjuzeljáž |
| Tiếng Việt | thân |
| العربية | جِسْم طَائِرَة jism ṭāʔira, جِسْم jism |
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