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fuselage

English

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Fuselage of a Boeing 737 shown in brown

Etymology

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    French fuseler
    French -age
    English fuselage

    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”)).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/, /ˈfjuːsəˌlɑːʒ/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Noun

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    fuselage (plural fuselages)

    1. (aeronautical) 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. [from 1909]

    Translations

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    main body of aerospace vehicle

    See also

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    • hull (“the body or frame of a vessel, such as a ship or plane”)

    Further reading

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    French

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    Etymology

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      French fuseler
      French -age
      French fuselage

      From fuseler +‎ -age.

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      Noun

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      fuselage m (plural fuselages)

      1. fuselage

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