quadcopter

English

A miniature quadcopter

Etymology

quad- +‎ copter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒdkɒptə(ɹ)/

Noun

quadcopter (plural quadcopters)

1. A rotorcraft propelled by four rotors.

   Synonyms: quadrotor, quadrocopter, quadricopter, quadrotor helicopter

   • 2017 October 17, Christina Caron, “After Drone Hits Plane in Canada, New Fears About Air Safety”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In April, as an Air Canada Jazz flight was landing at Trudeau Airport, a drone came so close the pilot was able to identify it as a quadcopter.

   • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 235:

     he saw, sweeping back and forth over the treetops, a sleek-looking quadcopter drone.

Translations

rotorcraft

• Czech: kvadrokoptéra (cs) f
• Finnish: nelikopteri (fi)
• French: quadrirotor (fr) m
• German: Quadrocopter m, Quadrokopter m
• Italian: quadrirotore (it) m
• Polish: quadcopter m
• Russian: квадроко́птер (ru) m (kvadrokóptɛr), квадролёт m (kvadroljót)
• Ukrainian: квадроко́птер m (kvadrokópter)

Further reading

• quadcopter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia