helicopter
English
/ˈheliˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛl.iˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛlɨˌkɑptɚ/
noun
Definitions
- An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.
- A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
- The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
- (slang) A dragonfly.
- A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
Etymology
Borrowed from French hélicoptère.
Origin
French
hélicoptère
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antihelicopter English
- helicopterlike English
- helikopteri Finnish
- Helikopter German
- Helikopterrotor German
- elicottero Italian
- helikopter Dutch, Flemish
- hélicoptère French
- helicóptero Spanish, Castilian
- ἕλικος Ancient Greek
- ἕλιξ Ancient Greek
- 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
- erɨ´kura´ Ankave