pylon

A tall structure used either as a visual marker for guiding pilots or race participants, or as a support for overhead power lines.

• 🇫🇷Grande structure utilisée soit comme repère visuel pour les pilotes ou les participants à une course, soit comme support pour les lignes aériennes de transport d'électricité.

1. Aviation marker B2 formal

   A tall tower or structure used to guide pilots or mark a turning point in an air race.

   • The pilot flew around the pylon to complete the lap.
   • Air race pylons are often brightly colored for visibility.
   • The aircraft navigated using the pylon as a reference point.

   🇫🇷Pylône de course aérienne

2. Power line support B1 formal

   A large vertical steel tower that supports high-tension electrical power lines.

   • The electricity pylons stretch across the countryside.
   • Workers are repairing the damaged pylon after the storm.
   • High-voltage cables are suspended between these massive pylons.

   🇫🇷Pylône électrique

• pylons plural form
• pylons' possessive plural form
• pylon's possessive singular form