noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈfjuːzəˌlɑːʒ/
/ˈfjuːsəˌlɑːʒ/
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noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin fūsusder. Old French fusel Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French fuseler Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French fuselagebor. 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”)).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
جِسْم طَائِرَة
(jism ṭāʔira)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Arabic:
جِسْم
(jism)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Armenian:
ֆյուզելաժ
(fyuzelaž)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Azerbaijani:
füzelyaj
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Azerbaijani:
təyyarənin gövdəsi
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Belarusian:
фюзеля́ж
(fjuzjeljáž)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Belarusian:
фюзэля́ж
(fjuzeljáž)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Bulgarian:
фюзела́ж
(fjuzeláž)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Catalan:
buc
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Chinese Cantonese:
機身 /机身
(gei1 san1)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Chinese Mandarin:
機身 /机身
(jīshēn)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Czech:
trup
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Danish:
fuselage
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Danish:
skrog
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Danish:
flykrop
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Dutch:
vliegtuigromp
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Dutch:
romp
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Finnish:
runko
— main body of aerospace vehicle
French:
fuselage
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Galician:
fuselaxe
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Georgian:
ფიუზელაჟი
(piuzelaži)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
German:
Flugzeugrumpf
— main body of aerospace vehicle
German:
Rumpf
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Greek:
άτρακτος
(átraktos)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Hungarian:
törzs
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Hungarian:
repülőgéptörzs
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Indonesian:
badan
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Italian:
fusoliera
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Japanese:
胴体
(dōtai)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Japanese:
機体
(kitai)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Kazakh:
фюзеляж
(füzeläj)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Korean:
동체
(dongche)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Korean:
기체
(giche)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Kyrgyz:
фюзеляж
(fyuzelyaj)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Latvian:
fizelāža
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Lithuanian:
fiuzeliažas
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Macedonian:
труп
(trup)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Malay:
fiuslaj
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Māori:
tīwai
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Māori:
kōhiwi
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Mongolian:
их бие
(ix bije)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål:
flykropp
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Norwegian Nynorsk:
flykropp
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Iranian Persian:
بَدَنِه
(badane)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Polish:
kadłub
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Portuguese:
fuselagem
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Romanian:
fuzelaj
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Russian:
фюзеля́ж
(fjuzeljáž)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Serbo-Croatian:
тру̑п
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Serbo-Croatian:
trȗp
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Slovak:
trup
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Slovene:
trup
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Spanish:
fuselaje
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Swedish:
flygkropp
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Swedish:
flygplanskropp
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Tagalog:
puselahe
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Tajik:
фюзеляж
(fyuzelyaž)
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Turkish:
füzelaj
— main body of aerospace vehicle
Ukrainian:
фюзеля́ж
(fjuzeljáž)
— main body of aerospace vehicle