noun
Meaning 1
A backup or assistant pilot of an aircraft.
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
copilot
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -aɪlət
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CMU ARPABET: K OW1 P AY0 L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An assistant, especially one that uses artificial intelligence.
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verb
Meaning 3
To serve as relief or assistant pilot.
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noun
Meaning 4
a relief pilot on an airplane
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: co-pilot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pilot, airplane pilot
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English pilot English copilot From co- + pilot.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: copilot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Chinese Mandarin: 副駕駛 /副驾驶 (fùjiàshǐ) — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Chinese Mandarin: 副機師 /副机师 (fùjīshī) — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Dutch: copiloot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Dutch: tweede piloot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Finnish: lentoperämies — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Finnish: perämies — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- French: copilote — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- German: Kopilot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- German: Copilot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Indonesian: kopilot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Italian: copilota — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Japanese: 副操縦士 (fukusōjūshi) — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Japanese: コ・パイロット (ko-pairotto) — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Japanese: コ・パイ (ko-pai) — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Manx: co-stiureyder — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Polish: drugi pilot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Portuguese: copiloto — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Romanian: copilot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Russian: второ́й пило́т (vtorój pilót) — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Spanish: copiloto — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft
- Swedish: andrepilot — relief or assistant pilot of an aircraft