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montgolfier
1[ mont-gol-fee-er; French mawn-gawl-fyey ]
noun
- a balloon raised by air heated from a fire in the lower part.
Montgolfier
2[ mont-gol-fee-er; French mawn-gawl-fyey ]
noun
- Jacques É·tienne [zhahk ey-, tyen], 1745–99, and his brother Jo·seph Mi·chel [zhaw-, zef, mee-, shel], 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
Montgolfier
1/ mɔ̃ɡɔlfje /
noun
- MontgolfierJacques Étienne17451799MFrenchTECHNOLOGY: inventorTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: balloonist 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
montgolfier
2/ mɒntˈɡɒlfɪə; mɔ̃ɡɔlfje /
noun
- obsolete.a hot-air balloon
Word History and Origins
Origin of montgolfier1
Word History and Origins
Origin of montgolfier1
Example Sentences
By means of this seemingly helpless piece of fabric the brothers Montgolfier proposed to accomplish the conquest of the air.
But the news of the Montgolfier brothers' discovery spread throughout the length and breadth of France and the civilized world.
Stephen Montgolfier's invention was based on the idea that smoke and clouds rise in the atmosphere.
Benjamin Franklin was asked when in Paris at the time of the Montgolfier experiments.
The spectators were overjoyed, as on that first occasion when the Montgolfier balloon rose into the skies.
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