mongolfiera

Italian

FWOTD – 10 May 2015

Etymology

From French montgolfière, from the name of the Montgolfier brothers, inventors of the hot-air balloon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mon.ɡolˈfjɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: mon‧gol‧fiè‧ra

Noun

mongolfiera f (plural mongolfiere)

1. hot-air balloon, balloon
   • 2001, Italo Calvino, Il barone rampante, Mondadori, page 297:

     Certi aeronauti inglesi facevano esperienze di volo in mongolfiera sulla costa.

     Some English aeronauts were undertaking hot-air balloon flight experiments on the coast.

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