Wondering how to use Montgolfier in a sentence? Below are 6 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as balloonist.
Montgolfier meaning
A surname from French.
Synonyms of Montgolfier
Using Montgolfier
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from French.
- Useful related words include: balloonist, jacques etienne montgolfier, josef michel montgolfier.
- In the example corpus, montgolfier often appears in combinations such as: the montgolfier.
Context around Montgolfier
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Montgolfier
- In this selection, "montgolfier" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tethered, etienne, hot, gas and brothers stand out and add context to how "montgolfier" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a tethered montgolfier hot air and alexandrine de montgolfier. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "montgolfier" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with montgolfier
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On hearing of the Montgolfier Brothers' invitation, the French Academy member Jacques Charles offered a similar demonstration of a hydrogen balloon. (21 words)
He believed that contained within the smoke was a special gas, which he called Montgolfier Gas, with a special property he called levity. (23 words)
The first manned free flight was in a hot-air balloon built by the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in Annonay, France in 1783. (26 words)
The first manned balloon flight takes place in Paris as Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier ascend in a basket attached to a tethered Montgolfier hot-air balloon, rising to about 75 feet. (32 words)
His son-in-law, Barthélémy Barou de la Lombardière de Canson (1774–1859), succeeded him as the head of the company, thanks to his marriage with Alexandrine de Montgolfier. (29 words)
The Montgolfier designs had several shortcomings, not least the need for dry weather and a tendency for sparks from the fire to set light to the paper balloon. (28 words)
Example sentences (6)
The first manned balloon flight takes place in Paris as Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier ascend in a basket attached to a tethered Montgolfier hot-air balloon, rising to about 75 feet.
He believed that contained within the smoke was a special gas, which he called Montgolfier Gas, with a special property he called levity.
His son-in-law, Barthélémy Barou de la Lombardière de Canson (1774–1859), succeeded him as the head of the company, thanks to his marriage with Alexandrine de Montgolfier.
On hearing of the Montgolfier Brothers' invitation, the French Academy member Jacques Charles offered a similar demonstration of a hydrogen balloon.
The first manned free flight was in a hot-air balloon built by the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in Annonay, France in 1783.
The Montgolfier designs had several shortcomings, not least the need for dry weather and a tendency for sparks from the fire to set light to the paper balloon.
Common combinations with montgolfier
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: