Concorde

The aircraft name was coined by Britons in 1963 from French concorde (“concord”), named for the joint efforts of Britain and France in developing the aircraft.

Concorde (plural Concordes or Concorde)

1. (aviation) 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.

• In the United Kingdom the proper noun often does not take an indefinite or definite article, e.g. "Here comes Concorde". This does not apply where Concorde is used as an adjective, e.g. "The Concorde airliner is capable of supersonic speed". Moreover, the plural may be unchanged "Concorde" rather than "Concordes".

• Pilots and some of the promotional literature and films refer to the aircraft as "she" or "her", which 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.)[1]

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

• Concorde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

 Concorde on German Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /kɔŋˈkɔʁt/

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Concorde f (proper noun, genitive Concorde, plural Concordes or Concorde)

1. Concorde (supersonic airliner)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkanˌkɑːd/
• Hyphenation: Con‧corde

Concorde (plural Concorde dem, quantified Concorde)

1. The Aérospatiale-BAC supersonic airliner; Concorde.
2. (archaic, slang) A J$100 banknote.

   Synonym: bills

   Inna di eighties, hundred dolla neva call "bills", dem time deh dem seh "Concorde."

   In the eighties, people didn't call the J$100 banknote "bills". Back then, they said "Concorde."

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

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