Concorde

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.)

• Concorde on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• IPA^(key): /kɔŋˈkɔʁt/

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