montgolfier

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Definition of montgolfier in English English dictionary

{i} family name; Jacques Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799), French aeronautic inventor who (together with his brother Joseph Michel) invented the first practical hot-air balloon; Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810), French aeronautic inventor who (together with his brother Jacques Etienne) invented the first practical hot-air balloon

A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon

{i} name of a hot-air balloon using fire as a thrusting force

French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810) French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)

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Jacques Etienne Montgolfier

{i} (1745-1799) French aeronautic inventor who (together with his brother Joseph Michel) invented the first practical hot-air balloon

Joseph Michel Montgolfier

{i} (1740-1810) French aeronautic inventor who (together with his brother Jacques Etienne) invented the first practical hot-air balloon

Hyphenation

Mont·gol·fier