Helikopter
German (Berlin)
/ˌheːlɪˈkɔptɐ/
noun
Definitions
- helicopter
Etymology
Borrowed from English helicopter derived from French hélicoptère derived from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (spiral, something twisted, something twisted spiral).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἕλιξ
Gloss
spiral, something twisted, something twisted spiral
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihelicopter English
- helicopter English
- helicopterlike English
- helikopteri Finnish
- helix Latin
- Helikopterrotor German
- Rotor German
- elicottero Italian
- helikopter Dutch, Flemish
- héli- French
- hélice French
- hélicoptère French
- helicóptero Spanish, Castilian
- ἕλικος Ancient Greek
- ἕλιξ Ancient Greek
- *welH- Proto-Indo-European
- helicóptero Portuguese
- helikopter Swedish
- ヘリコプター Japanese
- helikopter Danish
- हेलिकॉप्टर Hindi
- हेलीकॉप्टर Hindi
- helicóptero Galician
- elicopter Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- เฮลิคอปเตอร์ Thai
- helikopter Cebuano
- helikopter Turkish
- ဟယ်လီကော့ပတာ Burmese
- helikopter Azerbaijani
- helikopta Swahili
- អេលីកុបទែរ Central Khmer
- helikopta Tok Pisin
- ཧེ་ལེ་ཀོབ་ཊར Tibetan