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語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒəbəl/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈdɪɹ.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/

名詞

dirigible (plural dirigibles)

1. (aviation) A self-propelled airship that can be steered.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 101:

     On the opposite wall, the R101 tragedy is recalled by the airship's tattered ensign in a glass case, a plaque from the Royal Airship Works and a photograph of the dirigible at her moorings.

   • 2023 February 4, Katie Rogers, “Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a … Chinese Spy Balloon?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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.

下位語

• blimp
• nonrigid
• rigid
• semirigid
• Zeppelin

形容詞

dirigible (comparative more dirigible, superlative most dirigible)

1. steerable

派生語

• dirigibility
• indirigible

参考

• airship
• balloon
• barrage balloon
• blimp
• zeppelin, Zeppelin

Further reading

• dirigible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia