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empennage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables
em-pen-nage
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tail assembly of an aircraft.

noun

The feathers of an arrow or the tail fins of a bomb or rocket used to stabilize the longitudinal axis of the projectile parallel to the flight path.

Etymology

Borrowed from French empennage (“feathers of an arrow”).

Inflected Forms

empennages (plural)

Synonyms

tail tail assembly

Questions

What does empennage mean?
The tail assembly of an aircraft.
Where does empennage come from?
Borrowed from French empennage (“feathers of an arrow”).

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