Etymology

zeppelin

Zep·pe·lin
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Today it means: A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs. Full definition →

German Zeppelin
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  1. German · borrowed fromZeppelin
  2. English todayZeppelin

Borrowed from German Zeppelin. Named after Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose surname derives from the German town name Zepelin. Doublet of cepelinas.

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