noun
Zeppelin
ZEH-puh-lihn
noun
1
A large, cigar-shaped rigid airship, especially the type built in Germany in the early 20th century.
"The zeppelin drifted silently over the crowd before docking at its mooring tower."
"Passengers on the early zeppelins crossed the Atlantic in style, if not in speed."
How to Use Zeppelin
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA large rigid airship, the classic hydrogen-filled "blimp" shape from early aviation history.
Common pairings
a zeppelin airship
the Hindenburg zeppelin
Word Forms
Zeppelins plural
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Etymology
Named after Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the German who developed these rigid airships in the early 1900s.