empennage
Syllabification: (em·pen·nage)
Pronunciation: /ˌämpəˈnäZH, ˈempanij/
Definition of empennage
noun
AeronauticsOrigin:
early 20th century: from French, from empenner 'to feather an arrow', from em- 'in' + penne 'a feather' (from Latin penna)