pilotage

C2+ Topic:Transportation

US /ˈpaɪlətɪdʒ/ UK /ˈpaɪlətɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act or skill of piloting a ship or aircraft, or the fee for it

Pilotage through the narrow channel required years of experience.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the act or skill of... navigation steering guidance piloting conning

Word family

Related forms pilot autopilot

Etymology

From pilot plus the suffix -age; pilot is from Middle French pilote, from Italian pilota, ultimately from Medieval Greek pedotes ('steersman'), from pedon ('blade of an oar, rudder').

pedotes Ancient Greek pedon Ancient Greek

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Topics

Transportation

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# pilotage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈpaɪlətɪdʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpaɪlətɪdʒ/

## Meanings
1. the act or skill of piloting a ship or aircraft, or the fee for it

## Examples
- Pilotage through the narrow channel required years of experience.

## Synonyms
- navigation
- steering
- guidance
- piloting
- conning

## Related Forms
- pilot
- autopilot

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: pedotes
- Root: pedon

## Etymology
From pilot plus the suffix -age; pilot is from Middle French pilote, from Italian pilota, ultimately from Medieval Greek pedotes ('steersman'), from pedon ('blade of an oar, rudder').

## AI Etymology
Pilotage is from pilot plus the suffix -age; pilot is from Middle French pilote, from Italian pilota, ultimately from Medieval Greek pedotes ('steersman'), from pedon ('blade of an oar, rudder'). Important recorded forms include pedotes (Ancient Greek) and pedon (Ancient Greek). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers the act or skill of piloting a ship or aircraft, or the fee for it. The wider family includes related words such as pilot and autopilot.

## Topics
- Transportation

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