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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

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

montgolfier

2

/ mɒntˈɡɒlfɪə; mɔ̃ɡɔlfje /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a hot-air balloon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of montgolfier1

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

Origin of montgolfier1

C18: see Montgolfier
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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.

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.”

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.

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

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.

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