montgolfier

¹

[mont-gol-fee-er, mawn-gawl-fyey]

noun

plural

montgolfiers 

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

Montgolfier

²

[mont-gol-fee-er, mawn-gawl-fyey]

noun

1. Jacques Étienne 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.

Montgolfier

¹

/ mɔ̃ɡɔlfje /

noun

1. 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

1. obsolete,  a 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

But I was mucking about with this song in my studio at home — this song by the Montgolfier Brothers, “Between Two Points” — and the sentiments of the lyrics just were not working for me.

From Los Angeles Times

It depends on how you feel about the Montgolfier brothers, the Wright brothers, NASA, the moon landing, Star Trek, Star Wars, Buzz Lightyear, income equality, tax breaks for the very rich, Space Force and “The Right Stuff.”

From Washington Post

The dream of traveling skyward became a reality in 1783, when two French brothers, Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, launched the first piloted hot-air balloon.

From Washington Post

While in Davezieux, we visited a museum honoring the achievements of the Canson and Montgolfier families, which pioneered both modern papermaking and ballooning.

From Washington Post

In 1783, the first manned balloon flight took place in Paris as Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier ascended in a basket attached to a tethered Montgolfier hot-air balloon, rising to about 75 feet.

From Washington Times