A small 3-language
gliding terms vocabulary
   Rather than a guenuine dictionnary, here is displayed a short vocabulary,
which intend to help you reading my page in french, for instance, or books in foreign language. It mainly deals with gliders.
   Aeronautical terms are given from english, to french and german.
According to this classification don't forget to use the "FIND tool" of your brooser, in order to find THE word you are looking for.
   Let me tell you that I could have made some mistakes, for this words were those I
have needed to understand in reading some books.
Tell me if I am wrong !
This vocabulary includes sevral "chapters" :
- Description of a sailplane.
- Characteristics of a wing.
- Aerodynamics...
- Miscellaneous gliding terms.
1. Description of a sailplane.
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french
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german
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the wing
the fuselage
the tail
the winglets
the fin
the elevator
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the camber flaps
the airbrakes
the skid
the tail boom
the (best-) glide-ratio
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l'aile
le fuselage
les empennages
les "pennes"
la dérive
le stabilisateur
l'aileron
les volets de courbure
les aérofrein
le patin d'atterrissage
la poutre de queue
la finesse (max)
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das Flügel
das Rumpf
das Leitwerk
die Endscheiben
das Seitenleitwerk
das Höhenrüder
das Querruder
die Wölbklappen
die Bremsenklappen
die Kufe
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die (beste) Gleitzahl
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2. Characteristics of a wing.
| english
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french
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german
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the wing span
the wing area
the chord
the root
the (wing-)tip
the aspect-ratio
the trapeze aspect ?
the sweepback(+)
(-)
the washin(+)/washout(-)
the ribs
the (main-)spar
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l'envergure
la surface
la corde
l'emplanture
le saumon
l'allongement
l'effilement
la flèche
avant(-) arrière(+)
le vrillage
les nervures
le longeron
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die Spannweite
die Oberfläche
die Tiefe
das Wurzel
das Flügelende
die (Flügel-) Streckung
die Zuspitzung
die Pfeilung
vorwärts(-)/rückwärts(+)
die Schränkung / die Verwindung
die Rippen
der Holm
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3. Aerodynamics...
| english
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french
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german
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the lift (Cl)
the drag (Cd)
the thickness
the camber
the leading edge
the trailing edge
the boundary layer
the laminar bubble
to stall
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la portance (Cz)
la trainée (Cx)
l'épaisseur (du profil)
la courbure (du profil)
le bord d'attaque
le bord de fuite
la couche limite
la bulle laminaire
décrocher
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der Auftrieb (Ca)
die Widerstand (Cw)
die Dicke
die Wölbung
das Flügelnase
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die Grenzenschicht
die Laminardelle
überziehen
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4. Miscellaneous gliding terms
| english
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french
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german
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to spin
to circle
dutch roll
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partir en vrille
spiraler
le "roulis hollandais"
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trudeln
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das Täulmen
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