English Explanatory Dictionary

cockpit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.
  2. A theater or other entertainment venue.
  3. A site of conflict; a battlefield.
  4. The vagina.
  5. A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.
noun
  1. The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
  2. A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
  3. The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
  4. The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled.
  5. An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒkˌpɪt/ /ˈkɑkˌpɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cockpit.wav

Word forms

cockpit cockpits

Etymology

Compound of cock (“rooster”) + pit.

Synonyms

flight deck office

Derived words

bathtub cockpit cockpitted cockpit voice recorder cockpit recorder glass cockpit greenhouse cockpit

Translations

Bulgarian: пилотска кабина Catalan: cabina Chinese Mandarin: 座艙 /座舱 Chinese Mandarin: 駕駛艙 /驾驶舱 Czech: kokpit Danish: cockpit Danish: førerkabine Dutch: cockpit Finnish: ohjaamo French: cabine de pilotage French: cockpit Galician: carlinga German: Cockpit German: Pilotenkanzel German: Pilotenkabine German: Flugzeugkanzel German: Führungskanzel Greek: κόκπιτ Greek: πιλοτήριο Hebrew: תא־הטייס Hebrew: קוֹקְפִּיט Hungarian: pilótafülke Icelandic: stjórnklefi Ido: kabino Indonesian: ruang pilot Italian: abitacolo Italian: cabina di pilotaggio Italian: cabina di comando Japanese: 操縦席 Japanese: コックピット Korean: 조종석 Macedonian: пи́лотска каби́на Malay: kokpit Mongolian: нисэгчийн бүхээг Mongolian: нисэгчийн кабин Mongolian: жолоодох өрөө Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠰᠦᠭᠴᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠪᠦᠬᠡᠭᠡᠭ Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠰᠦᠭᠴᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠺᠠᠪᠢᠨ Mongolian: ᠵᠢᠯᠣᠭᠣᠳᠬᠤ ᠥᠷᠥᠭᠡ Norwegian Bokmål: cockpit Norwegian Nynorsk: cockpit Polish: kokpit Polish: kabina pilotów Portuguese: cabine de pilotagem Romagnol: abitàcol Romanian: carlingă Romanian: cabină de pilotaj Russian: каби́на Spanish: cabina Spanish: carlinga Swahili: dungu Swedish: cockpit Swedish: förarkabin Turkish: kokpit Vietnamese: buồng lái
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