| Formes composées |
| Anglais | Français |
| airline pilot n | (person who flies passenger plane) | pilote de ligne nm |
automatic pilot,
autopilot n | (aircraft: automatic control) | pilote automatique, pilotage automatique nm |
| The plane was flying on automatic pilot across the Atlantic. |
automatic pilot,
autopilot n | figurative (functioning without thought) (figuré) | pilotage automatique nm |
| (figuré, car fatigué) | radar nm |
| (figuré, car on connaît) | les yeux fermés loc adv |
| It was a routine task, so Janice slipped into autopilot. |
| bomber pilot n | (pilot: drops bombs) | pilote de bombardier nm |
| Norman was a bomber pilot during the Vietnam war. |
| bush pilot | (small aircraft pilot) | pilote de brousse nmf |
| commercial pilot | (airline pilot) | pilote de ligne nmf |
copilot,
also UK: co-pilot n | (aircraft pilot: has joint control) | copilote nmf |
| When the pilot had a heart attack, the co-pilot took over. |
| Quand le pilote a eu une crise cardiaque, le copilote l'a remplacé. |
copilot [sth],
also UK: co-pilot [sth]⇒ vtr | (aircraft: control jointly) | être le copilote (de [qqn]) (sur [qch]) loc v |
| Roger co-piloted the plane with Captain Sanderson. |
| Roger est le copilote du Capitaine Sanderson sur l'avion. |
| fighter pilot n | ([sb] who pilots a bomber plane) | pilote de chasse nmf |
| My grandfather was a fighter pilot in World War II. |
| glider pilot n | ([sb] who flies small aircraft) | pilote de planeur nmf |
jack ladder,
pilot ladder n | (nautical: Jacob's ladder) (Nautique) | échelle de pilote nf |
on automatic pilot,
on autopilot expr | (doing [sth] in an unthinking way) | en pilote automatique, en pilotage automatique loc adv |
| pilot book n | (nautical: navigation guide) (Nautique) | guide de navigation nm |
| pilot chart n | (chart of atmospheric conditions) (Météorologie, anglicisme) | pilot chart nf |
| carte pilote, carte de pilotage nf |
| pilot chart n | (chart of conditions for mariners) (Nautique, anglicisme) | pilot chart nf |
| carte pilote, carte de pilotage nf |
| pilot hole n | (woodworking: hole for guidance) (Menuiserie) | pré-trou, avant-trou nm |
pilot license (US),
pilot's licence (UK) n | (aircraft permit) | brevet de pilote nm |
| pilot light n | (light indicating gas supply) | veilleuse nf |
| The gas central heating wouldn't come on because the pilot light was out. |
| pilot plant n | (experimental industrial plant) | usine pilote nf |
| pilot production n | ([sth] produced on a trial basis) | pilote nm |
pilot program (US),
pilot programme (UK) n | (trial scheme) | programme pilote nm |
| The company tried a new advertising method in just a few stores, as a pilot program. |
| La société a essayé une nouvelle méthode de publicité dans quelques magasins seulement en tant que programme pilote. |
| pilot study n | (trial done for research) | étude pilote nf |
| The drug has not yet been approved, but the results of the pilot study were very positive. |
| projet pilote nm |
| pilot whale n | (variety of sea mammal) (cétacé) | globicéphale nm |
| test pilot n | ([sb] who flies aircraft to trial them) | pilote d'essai nm |
| Depuis toujours, il rêvait de devenir pilote d'essai. |
