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Etymology

The term arose from attempts in the late 1800s to make a balloon steerable. In French, dirigeable means steerable. Over time the phrase “dirigible balloon” was shortened to just dirigible. In modern parlance, the term has been replaced by airship.

Pronunciation

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Dirigible

Singular dirigible

Plural dirigibles

dirigible (plural dirigibles)

  1. A self-propelled airship that can be steered

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