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cockpit

cockpit

noun KOK-peet Rare
Travel & Places Transportation

Origin: Borrowed from English 'cockpit'.

Usage Note

Cockpit is an English loanword used in French for the flight deck of an aircraft and the driver's compartment of a racing car. In aeronautics, the more formal French term is poste de pilotage, but cockpit is dominant in everyday and technical speech. It is invariable and takes a masculine article.

Examples

"Le pilote est entré dans le cockpit avant le décollage."

Natural Translation

The pilot entered the cockpit before takeoff.

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