Pilatus

American  

[pee-lah-toos] / piˈlɑ tʊs /

noun

1. a mountain in central Switzerland, near Lucerne: a peak of the Alps; cable railway. 6,998 feet (2,130 meters).

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Pilatus British  

/ piˈlaːtʊs /

noun

1. a mountain in central Switzerland, in Unterwalden canton: derives its name from the legend that the body of Pontius Pilate lay in a former lake on the mountain. Height: 2122 m (6962 ft)

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Example Sentences

Pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award for best new artist in 1990, when it was discovered that the members, Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus, had been miming to someone else's vocals.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Sadly, Rob Pilatus isn’t here to see it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Tracking data from sites including FlightRadar24 show three Pilatus U-28A Draco aircraft flying up Scotland's east coast to Wick Airport, then on to Reykjavik in Iceland.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

The National Transportation Safety Board published its final report on the crash last week, nearly two years after the single-engine Pilatus PC-12 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near the southern edge of the Outer Banks.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

The slide of Alpnach, extending from Mount Pilatus to Lake Lucerne, a distance of 8 miles, is composed of 25,000 trees, stripped of their bark, and laid at an inclination of 10 to 18 degrees.

From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham