montgolfier

¹

[ mont-gol-fee-er; French mawn-gawl-fyey ]

noun

, plural mont·gol·fi·ers [mont-, gol, -fee-erz, maw, n, -gawl-, fyey].

1. a balloon raised by air heated from a fire in the lower part.

Montgolfier

²

[ mont-gol-fee-er; French mawn-gawl-fyey ]

noun

1. 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

/ mɒntˈɡɒlfɪə; mɔ̃ɡɔlfje /

noun

1. obsolete.
   a hot-air balloon

Montgolfier

²

/ mɔ̃ɡɔlfje /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of montgolfier¹

First recorded in 1775–85; named after Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier

Word History and Origins

Origin of montgolfier¹

C18: see Montgolfier

Example Sentences

By means of this seemingly helpless piece of fabric the brothers Montgolfier proposed to accomplish the conquest of the air.

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But the news of the Montgolfier brothers' discovery spread throughout the length and breadth of France and the civilized world.

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Stephen Montgolfier's invention was based on the idea that smoke and clouds rise in the atmosphere.

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Benjamin Franklin was asked when in Paris at the time of the Montgolfier experiments.

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The spectators were overjoyed, as on that first occasion when the Montgolfier balloon rose into the skies.

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