Meanings
plural fuselages
- aircraft; spacecraft; aircraft; spacecraftThe main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.First known use 1909
Wichita, Kansas-based Spirit AeroSystems makes major parts of several Boeing models, including the fuselages for the 737 Max.
2024 March 1, Chris Isidore, Gregory Wallace, “Boeing wants to buy back the company that builds the body of its troubled Max planes”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 13 Apr 20241 more example
Federal officials examining the horrifying midflight blowout of part of an Alaska Airlines aircraft’s fuselage are testing the detached piece for clues on what led up to the plane’s “explosive decompression” after the missing piece was discovered in an Oregon backyard.
2024 January 8, Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean, “New details emerge on piece of Alaska Airlines plane that blew off midflight as investigators probe ‘explosive decompression’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinfūsus
- Old Frenchfusel
- Frenchfuseler
- Frenchfuselage
- Englishfuselage
Borrowed from French fuselage. Ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”). For the meaning development, compare rocket, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“spinning wheel, distaff”) (whence also English rock (“distaff, the flax or wool on a distaff”)).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جِسْم طَائِرَة, جِسْم
- جِسْم طَائِرَة (jism ṭāʔira)main body of aerospace vehicle
- جِسْم (jism)main body of aerospace vehicle
Bulgarian фюзела́ж
- фюзела́ж (fjuzeláž)main body of aerospace vehicle
Catalan buc
- bucmain body of aerospace vehicle
Chinese Cantonese 機身 /机身
- 機身 /机身 (gei¹ san¹)main body of aerospace vehicle
Chinese Mandarin 機身 /机身
- 機身 /机身 (jīshēn)main body of aerospace vehicle
Czech trup
- trupmain body of aerospace vehicle
Danish fuselage, skrog
- fuselagemain body of aerospace vehicle
- skrogmain body of aerospace vehicle
- flykropmain body of aerospace vehicle
Dutch vliegtuigromp, romp
- vliegtuigrompmain body of aerospace vehicle
- rompmain body of aerospace vehicle
Finnish runko
- runkomain body of aerospace vehicle
French fuselage
- fuselagemain body of aerospace vehicle
German Flugzeugrumpf, Rumpf
- Flugzeugrumpfmain body of aerospace vehicle
- Rumpfmain body of aerospace vehicle
Greek άτρακτος
- άτρακτος (átraktos)main body of aerospace vehicle
Hungarian törzs, repülőgéptörzs
- törzsmain body of aerospace vehicle
- repülőgéptörzsmain body of aerospace vehicle
Indonesian badan
- badanmain body of aerospace vehicle
Italian fusoliera
- fusolieramain body of aerospace vehicle
Japanese 胴体, 機体
- 胴体 (dōtai)main body of aerospace vehicle
- 機体 (kitai)main body of aerospace vehicle
Korean 동체, 기체
- 동체 (dongche)main body of aerospace vehicle
- 기체 (giche)main body of aerospace vehicle
Latvian fizelāža
- fizelāžamain body of aerospace vehicle
Lithuanian fiuzeliažas
- fiuzeliažasmain body of aerospace vehicle
Malay fiuslaj
- fiuslajmain body of aerospace vehicle
Māori tīwai, kōhiwi
- tīwaimain body of aerospace vehicle
- kōhiwimain body of aerospace vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål flykropp
- flykroppmain body of aerospace vehicle
Polish kadłub
- kadłubmain body of aerospace vehicle
Portuguese fuselagem
- fuselagemmain body of aerospace vehicle
Romanian fuzelaj
- fuzelajmain body of aerospace vehicle
Russian фюзеля́ж
- фюзеля́ж (fjuzeljáž)main body of aerospace vehicle
Slovak trup
- trupmain body of aerospace vehicle
Spanish fuselaje
- fuselajemain body of aerospace vehicle
Swedish flygkropp, flygplanskropp
- flygkroppmain body of aerospace vehicle
- flygplanskroppmain body of aerospace vehicle
Tagalog puselahe
- puselahemain body of aerospace vehicle
Turkish füzelaj
- füzelajmain body of aerospace vehicle
Ukrainian фюзеля́ж
- фюзеля́ж (fjuzeljáž)main body of aerospace vehicle
Vietnamese thân
- thânmain body of aerospace vehicle
Cite this entry
fuselage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuselage
“fuselage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuselage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fuselage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuselage.
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