aeronaut

• aëronaut

From aero- +‎ -naut, from the French aéronaute; compare the Italian aeronauta.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹəˌnɔːt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəˌnɔt/, (especially caught-cot merged) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹəˌnɑt/

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aeronaut (plural aeronauts)

1. A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "Well, what is it that he does that I don't do? Just say the word, - teetotal, vegetarian, aeronaut, theosophist, superman."

Borrowed from French aéronaute.

aeronaut m (plural aeronauți)

1. aeronaut