zeppelin

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US, UK/ˈzɛ.pə.lɪn/US, UK/ˈzɛp.lɪn/

noun

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.

Similar
rigidrigid airshipdirigibleGraf Zeppelin
OriginGerman Zeppelin →
CommonScrabble 21
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Meanings

zeppelin1

nounzeppelin (plural zeppelins)

plural zeppelins

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Zeppelin.

Zeppelin2

nounZeppelin (plural Zeppelins)

plural Zeppelins · alternative zeppelin

  1. aeronauticsA type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.

    Synonyms: rigid, rigid airship, dirigible

  2. broadlyinformalaeronauticsA rigid airship dirigible, not restricted to Germany nor the early 20th century.
  3. rareslangThe penis.

    2022, Seaward Dracula, D. Stroker, sVck She shoved him back on the bed, but fear had turned his zeppelin into a deflated balloon, and try as she might, she couldn't blow any air into it.

proper noun

alternative zeppelin

  1. A German manufacturing company, famed for building the Zeppelin airships.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Led Zeppelin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.

Similar
rigidrigid airshipdirigible

More synonyms by meaning

nouna large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

Similar
Graf Zeppelin
Broader
airshipdirigible
Also see
rigid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanZeppelin
  2. EnglishZeppelin

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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Translations

Bulgarian дирижа́бъл, цепели́н
  • дирижа́бъл (dirižábăl)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
  • цепели́н (cepelín)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Catalan zepelí
  • zepelía type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Chinese Mandarin 齊柏林飛船 /齐柏林飞船, 硬式飛船 /硬式飞船
  • 齊柏林飛船 /齐柏林飞船 (qíbólín fēichuán)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
  • 硬式飛船 /硬式飞船 (yìngshì fēichuán)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Danish zeppeliner
  • zeppelinera type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Esperanto zepelino
  • zepelinoa type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Estonian tsepeliin
  • tsepeliina type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Finnish zeppeliini
  • zeppeliinia type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
French zeppelin
  • zeppelina type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
German Zeppelin
  • Zeppelina type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Greek αερόπλοιο
  • αερόπλοιο (aeróploio)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Hungarian zeppelin
  • zeppelina type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Japanese ツェッペリン
  • ツェッペリン (tsepperin)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Korean 체펠린
  • 체펠린 (chepellin)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Lithuanian cepelinas
  • cepelinasa type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Portuguese zepelim
  • zepelima type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Romanian zepelin
  • zepelina type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Russian цеппели́н, дирижа́бль
  • цеппели́н (ceppelín)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
  • дирижа́бль (dirižáblʹ)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Spanish zepelín, zépelin
  • zepelína type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
  • zépelina type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
  • cepelína type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Swedish zeppelinare
  • zeppelinarea type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Tagalog sepelin
  • sepelina type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Turkish zeplin
  • zeplina type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Ukrainian цепелі́н, дирижа́бль
  • цепелі́н (cepelín)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
  • дирижа́бль (dyryžáblʹ)a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century
Cite this entry
APA

zeppelin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeppelin

MLA

“zeppelin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeppelin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zeppelin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zeppelin.

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