montgolfier

[ mont-gol-fee-er; French mawn-gawl-fyey ]

noun,plural mont·gol·fi·ers [mont-gol-fee-erz; French mawn-gawl-fyey]. /mɒntˈgɒl fi ərz; French mɔ̃ gɔlˈfyeɪ/.
  1. a balloon raised by air heated from a fire in the lower part.

Origin of montgolfier

1
First recorded in 1775–85; named after Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier

Words Nearby montgolfier

Other definitions for Montgolfier (2 of 2)

Montgolfier
[ mont-gol-fee-er; French mawn-gawl-fyey ]

noun
  1. Jacques É·tienne [zhahk ey-tyen], /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/, 1745–99, and his brother Jo·seph Mi·chel [zhaw-zef mee-shel], /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/, 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.

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How to use montgolfier in a sentence

  • By means of this seemingly helpless piece of fabric the brothers montgolfier proposed to accomplish the conquest of the air.

    The Romance of Aircraft | Lawrence Yard Smith
  • But the news of the montgolfier brothers' discovery spread throughout the length and breadth of France and the civilized world.

    The Romance of Aircraft | Lawrence Yard Smith
  • Stephen montgolfier's invention was based on the idea that smoke and clouds rise in the atmosphere.

    The Romance of Aircraft | Lawrence Yard Smith
  • Benjamin Franklin was asked when in Paris at the time of the montgolfier experiments.

    The Romance of Aircraft | Lawrence Yard Smith
  • The spectators were overjoyed, as on that first occasion when the montgolfier balloon rose into the skies.

    The Romance of Aircraft | Lawrence Yard Smith

British Dictionary definitions for montgolfier (1 of 2)

montgolfier

/ (mɒntˈɡɒlfɪə, French mɔ̃ɡɔlfje) /


noun
  1. obsolete a hot-air balloon

Origin of montgolfier

1
C18: see Montgolfier

British Dictionary definitions for Montgolfier (2 of 2)

Montgolfier

/ (French mɔ̃ɡɔlfje) /


noun
  1. Jacques Étienne (ʒak etjɛn), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel (ʒozɛf miʃɛl), 1740–1810, French inventors, who built (1782) and ascended in (1783) the first practical hot-air balloon

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