Ariane
Americannoun
-
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
-
a first name, French form of Ariadne.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Working with its partners, ESA was responsible for developing and qualifying the Ariane 5 adaptations needed for the Webb mission and for procuring the launch service from Arianespace.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Under an international collaboration agreement, ESA supplied the telescope's launch service using the Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
“We would not say the SEC change caused the decline in proposal filings,” Ariane Marchis-Mouren, the study’s co-author and senior governance researcher at The Conference Board, wrote in an email.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Green MSP Ariane Burgess warned evidence from previous help-to-buy schemes suggested that they made properties "less not more affordable", and that they benefited better-off buyers.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Pelléas et Mélisande and Ariane et Barbe-Bleue require of the interpreter absolutely distinct enunciation.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Carl Van Vechten
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
