How to pronounce fuselage
American English pronunciation
FYOO-zuh-lahzh
- IPA
- /ˈfjuzəˌlɑʒ/
- Syllables
- FYOO · zuh · lahzh (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What fuselage means
The long main body of an airplane
In a sentence: The passengers sat in rows inside the plane's long fuselage.
Where it comes from: It goes back to fusus, the Latin word for a spindle used for spinning thread.
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