Zeppelin

Meaning

Noun

1. A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.
2. (broadly, informal) A rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.
3. (rare, slang) The penis.

Name

1. A German manufacturing company, famed for building the Zeppelin airships.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.

Synonyms

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Translations

Zeppelin

zeppelin

zepelín

Zeppelin

Zeppelin

zepelim

Zeppelin

dirigible

hava gemisi

zeplin

zepelí

Zeplin

αερόπλοιο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.