In American English today, I normally hear the term aviator used to describe either someone who made a significant contribution to the field of aviation, or a military pilot (particularly “Naval aviator” or “Marine aviator,” since members of the U.S. Air Force are “airmen” instead). When it needs to be unambiguous, this sense is usually called a ‘ship pilot’ or ‘maritime pilot’. In the past, the term ‘aviator’ could be applied to the pilot, the navigator, or the flight engineer.
This includes at minimum the pilot and any co-pilots, but may also, depending on context, include any navigators, flight engineers, or any other flight crew responsible for actually operating the aircraft. An “aviator” is a member of the crew of an aircraft. The word “pilot” can also refer to a person who directs a ship or boat, or figuratively who directs anything. “The pilot” is the person in direct chrage of flying the aircraft. Aviator is now a more old fashioned term for pilot.
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However, the use of the word “got” implies a more colloquial rendition, so I would not be totally against the non-comma version. In such a simple, unambiguous sentence it’s almost more readable without the commas though. With or without the commas, it’s unambiguous and completely understandable. So in this case, the adjectives are NOT coordinate adjectives, and a comma should NOT be used. As for whether to use commas, and if using them, where to place them–
So “hunter” becomes “huntress” and “enchanter” becomes “enchantress” So “aviator” becomes “aviatrix” and “administrator” becomes “administratrix” Unfortunately English, especially Americanized English, has a tendency to outright steal words from other languages so spelling in English isn’t as easy as some more orderly languages. Guess I’m just ‘old fashioned’.
- Guess I’m just ‘old fashioned’.
- For example feminine from waiter is waitress, from actor – actress, etc.
- If it would require an “and” to clarify the meaning, then a comma is needed.
- “The pilot” is the person in direct chrage of flying the aircraft.
What’s the difference between ‘aviator’ and ‘pilot’?
There are a number of words you can pin up aviator online choose here. First is “-trix” Best examples I can think of would be aviator/aviatrix and dominator/dominatrix. If they don’t, then they use the male noun for both genders.
Are feminine nouns ending with -ess the only proper option for females?
- In most modern usage, ‘aviator’ is not typically heard much outside of academic settings, and is generally considered borderline archaic
- Idiomatic means that there is no firm grammar rule and you have to learn each one on a case-by-case basis.
- These terms went obsolete so long ago that most people these days don’t even know that baker once had a feminine version.
That having been said, I find a certain charm to gender specific terms. Note also that there is a tendency towards using one word for all genders. But for any given word, the only way to tell whether such a feminized version exists is to look it up in the dictionary.
Adjective order and commas with “hair”
It would not necessarily be incorrect to include one or two commas in this list of adjectives (as either “long, straight, black hair” or “long, straight black hair”), but in this particular situation, it is largely a matter of personal stylistic preference. There are a huge number of alternative noun phrases for this sense, based on what terminology is used for the spacecraft in question (for example ‘shuttle pilot’). This is because both “long”, “straight”, and “black” apply to the noun “hair” equally, regardless of order. In more technical terms, commas are used between two or more “coordinate” adjectives that modify the same noun–“co-ordinate” in that they equally/independently modify the noun. The general rule is that commas should be used to separate two or more adjectives that independently modify a noun.
Idiomatic means that there is no firm grammar rule and you have to learn each one on a case-by-case basis. Does it always work like in the emperor and empress case, where the gender is somehow clearly distinct (at least for me) ? Is it always wrong to use, like, hunter for a female hunter too or sorcerer for a female sorcerer too and so on? Find the answer to your question by asking.
(1) Does the sentence still make sense if the word “and” is inserted between the two adjectives in question? So in terms of the word order alone, long straight black is fine. I think that whether or not the female -ess noun is used just depends on whether or not native speakers use that word frequently in the language. When we have a specifically feminine version of a noun which ends with the -ess suffix, like in huntress, sorceress, anchoress, etc. When it needs to be unambiguous, this sense is usually called an ‘aircraft pilot’, though it may be further qualified by the type of aircraft the pilot normally flies (for example ‘fighter pilot’, ‘cargo pilot’, or ‘bomber pilot’).
It is, however, rare to hear people in the third category referred to as “aviators.” They meet the dictionary definition, and Wikipedia includes them, but in a separate list at the bottom of the page because they get in on a technicality. In most modern usage, ‘aviator’ is not typically heard much outside of academic settings, and is generally considered borderline archaic ‘Aviator’ is anybody operating an aircraft. I agree that “aviator” is a bit more old-fashioned. “A pilot” is a person qualified to assume such a role, or a person who frequently does so.
Are feminine nouns ending with -ess the only proper option for females?
An ‘aviator’ and a ‘pilot’ both refer to someone who can fly a plane. The -ment suffix is French, the -ion suffix is Latin, the -ing suffix is Germanic, and the -rix suffix is Celtic. See similar questions with these tags. I, personally, wouldn’t feminize any words that are gender neutral. The word actor is a gender neutral word that defines an occupation. So “lion” becomes “lioness” and “author” becomes “authoress”
The sentence would still make sense if we switched it to either The aviator took the controls and navigated the balloon through the storm. The aviator took the controls and flew the balloon through the storm.
Is there a general rule how to create feminine words?
Is there a general rule how to create feminine words? I would leave out the redundant “got” and just say “I have long, straight, black hair.” Coordinating adjectives, which these are, should be separated by commas. No matter the order, it all adds up to “long straight black hair”
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All of those directly responsible (in the air) for keeping an aircraft flying as intended.
Here’s my understanding of the suffix ess. People would normally attempt to use, if possible, a genderless word so as not to cause possible offence, It isn’t that important, and some words can’t be feminised, such as the ones mentioned in the question. But these are not rules you can count on because “protector” can become “protectress” and don’t even bother looking for “actrix” in your spell check dictionary! If the word ends in “-ter”then drop the -ter in favor of “-tress” Words with distinctly feminine forms are usually old.