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[ ahy-fuhl; French e-fel ] / ˈaɪ fəl; French ɛˈfɛl /
nounA·le·xan·dre Gus·tave [a-lek-sahn-druh gys-tav], /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə güsˈtav/, 1832–1923, French civil engineer and pioneer aerodynamic researcher. Words nearby Eiffeleidoptometry, eidos, Eid-ul-Adha, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eifel, Eiffel, Eiffel Tower, Eigen, eigenfrequency, eigenfunction, eigentone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for EiffelThis was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond. Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST From Paris, there came a dispatch of a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, across from the Eiffel Tower. The Ways of American Memory|Fouad Ajami|September 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST In the last three weeks, the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated twice for bomb threats. How to Travel Safe|Lauren Streib|October 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST Therefore I always dreaded the turn round the Eiffel Tower, looking on it as my principal danger. My Airships|Alberto Santos-Dumont
With an assurance born of positive knowledge, Eiffel in June of 1886 approached the Exposition commissioners with the project. Elevator Systems of the Eiffel Tower, 1889|Robert M. Vogel I want to see the Eiffel Tower—where they make the lemonade—and I want to buy myself something really chick in the way of hats. Joanna Godden|Sheila Kaye-Smith As we stood looking at the Eiffel Tower, poppa said he thought if he were in my place he wouldn't describe it. A Voyage of Consolation|Sara Jeannette Duncan Dodo was a good walker, and they were soon among the pines that climb up the long steep slope to the Eiffel. Dodo, Volumes 1 and 2|Edward Frederic Benson
British Dictionary definitions for Eiffel/ (ˈaɪfəl, French ɛfɛl) /
nounAlexandre Gustave (alɛksɑ̃drə ɡystav). 1832–1923, French engineer Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |