dirigible

Etymology

From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).

noun

  1. (aviation) A self-propelled airship that can be steered.
    People had time to think up some questions, including reporters who shouted “Are you going to shoot down the balloon?” at President Biden shortly before the dirigible came down. 2023-02-04, Katie Rogers, “Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a … Chinese Spy Balloon?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

adj

  1. steerable

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