Eiffel

[ ahy-fuh l; French e-fel ]

/ ˈaɪ fəl; French ɛˈfɛl /

noun

A·le·xan·dre Gus·tave

[a-lek-sahn-druh gys-tav] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə güsˈtav/, 1832–1923, French civil engineer and pioneer aerodynamic researcher.

Examples from the Web for eiffel

This was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From Paris, there came a dispatch of a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, across from the Eiffel Tower.
The Ways of American Memory|Fouad Ajami|September 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In the last three weeks, the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated twice for bomb threats.
How to Travel Safe|Lauren Streib|October 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Therefore I always dreaded the turn round the Eiffel Tower, looking on it as my principal danger.
My Airships|Alberto Santos-Dumont

With an assurance born of positive knowledge, Eiffel in June of 1886 approached the Exposition commissioners with the project.
Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889|Robert M. Vogel
I want to see the Eiffel Tower—where they make the lemonade—and I want to buy myself something really chick in the way of hats.
Joanna Godden|Sheila Kaye-Smith
As we stood looking at the Eiffel Tower, poppa said he thought if he were in my place he wouldn't describe it.
A Voyage of Consolation|Sara Jeannette Duncan
Dodo was a good walker, and they were soon among the pines that climb up the long steep slope to the Eiffel.
Dodo, Volumes 1 and 2|Edward Frederic Benson

British Dictionary definitions for eiffel

Eiffel

/ (ˈaɪfəl, French ɛfɛl) /

noun

Alexandre Gustave (alɛksɑ̃drə ɡystav). 1832–1923, French engineer

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Eiffel

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