English

A Concorde mid-flight

Proper noun

Concorde ‎(plural Concordes) (Chiefly UK: also pluralised as Concorde)

1. The Aérospatiale-BAC supersonic airliner, previously used commercially.
2. A station on the Paris Métro, near Place de la Concorde for which it is named.

Usage notes

• In the UK the proper noun does not usually take an indefinite or definite article unless the aircraft is acting in a way Concorde usually do not, e.g. "Here comes Concorde" but "the Concorde crashed". This does not apply where Concorde is used as an adjective e.g. 'the Concorde airliner is capable of supersonic...'.

• Pilots and some of the promotional literature/films refer to the aircraft in both the singular and aggregate as 'her' or 'she', even though this is unusual for commercial aircraft; but this does not seem to be done consistently. (Notably Raymond Baxter called "She flies!" when the first prototype took to the air.)

External links

• Concorde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Concordski - Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner, nicknamed for its similarity to the Concorde + -ski suffix

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔŋˈkɔʁt/

Proper noun

Concorde f

1. Concorde (supersonic airliner)

French

Noun

concorde f ‎(plural concordes)

1. harmony, concord

Verb

concorde

1. first-person singular present indicative of concorder
2. third-person singular present indicative of concorder
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of concorder
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of concorder
5. second-person singular imperative of concorder

Italian

Adjective

concorde m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural concordi)

1. In agreement; concordant; agreeing; harmonious

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin concors ‎(“concordant”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ˈkɔɻ.de/

Adjective

concorde m, f ‎(plural concordes, comparable)

1. concordant (agreeing, correspondent, harmonious)

Synonyms

• condordante

Related terms

Verb

concorde

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of concordar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of concordar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of concordar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of concordar

Spanish

Adjective

concorde m, f ‎(plural concordes)

1. In agreement; concordant; agreeing; harmonious