helicopter

English

A helicopter.

a samara or helicopter

Etymology

From French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (helix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pteron, “wing”).

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /ˈheliˌkoptə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"heli%kopt@(r\)/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈhɛl.iˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛl.ɪˌkɒp.tə(ɹ)/; SAMPA: /"hEl.i%kQp.t@(r)/, /"hEl.I%kQp.t@(r)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɛlɨˌkɑptɚ/, SAMPA: /"hEl1%kApt@`/

Noun

helicopter (plural helicopters)

1. 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 having a smaller set of blades on its tail that stabilize the aircraft.

   We flew over the city in a helicopter.

2. a powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
3. a winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple

Synonyms

• (aircraft): chopper (informal), copter (informal), eggbeater (slang), rotary-wing aircraft (technical), whirlybird (slang)
• (trowelling device): power trowel, trowel machine
• (winged fruit): samara, whirlybird

Translations

aircraft

Afrikaans: helikopter (af) Arabic: طائرة عامودية (ar) (Taa'ira 3amudíyya) f., هليكوبتر (ar) (hilikubtar) m., حوامة (ar) (Hawwaama) f. Armenian: ուղղաթիռ (hy) (uġġat'iṙ) Catalan: helicòpter (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 直升機 (cmn) or 直昇機 (cmn), 直升机 (cmn) (zhíshēngjī) Croatian: helikoper m. Czech: vrtulník (cs) m., helikoptéra (cs) f. Danish: helikopter (da) Dutch: helikopter (nl) m. Esperanto: helikoptero (eo) Estonian: helikopter (et) Faroese: tyrla (fo) f. Finnish: helikopteri (fi) French: hélicoptère (fr) m. German: Helikopter (de) m., Hubschrauber (de) m. Greek: ελικόπτερο (el) (elikóptero) n. Hebrew: מסוק (he) (masók) m. Hindi: हेलिकॉप्टर (hi) (helikopttar) Hungarian: helikopter (hu) Icelandic: þyrla (is) f., þyrilvængja (is) f. (obsolete), kofti (is) m. (obsolete) Indonesian: helikopter (id)

Interlingua: helicoptero Italian: elicottero (it) m. Japanese: ヘリコプター (ja) (herikoputā) Korean: 헬리콥터 (ko) (helikopteo) Latin: helicopterus m. Lithuanian: sraigtasparnis m., (rare) helikopteris m. Macedonian: хеликоптер (mk) (helikópter) m. Navajo: bikááʼ náʼoobałí Northern Sami: helekopter Norwegian: helikopter (no) n. Persian: بالگرد (fa) (bâlgard),  (fa) (helikópter) Polish: śmigłowiec m., helikopter m. Portuguese: helicóptero (pt) m. Russian: вертолёт (ru) (vertoljót) m. Slovene: helikopter (sl) m. Sotho: helikopotare (st) Spanish: helicóptero (es) m., autogiro (es) m. Swedish: helikopter (sv) c. Thai: เฮลิคอบเตอ  (th) (helikhoptoe) c. Turkish: helikopter (tr) Vietnamese: máy bay lên thẳng (vi), máy bay trực thăng (vi), trực thăng (vi) Volapük: tovaskrubian

machine for spreading concrete

Verb

helicopter (third-person singular simple present helicopters, present participle helicoptering, simple past and past participle helicoptered)

1. (transitive) To transport by helicopter.
2. (intransitive) To travel by helicopter.

Derived terms

• helicopter parent

Translations

to transport by helicopter

Finnish: kuljettaa (fi) helikopterilla (fi) French: héliporter (fr)

Italian: elitrasportare (it)

to travel by helicopter

Finnish: matkustaa (fi) helikopterilla (fi)