helmet
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- helmette (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme (Modern French heaume), equivalent to helm + -et. The Old French is itself of Germanic origin (whence Old English helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helmet (plural helmets)
- A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess[1]:
- Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
- That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
- The upper part of a chemist's retort.
- The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
- A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
- (heraldry) The feature above a shield on a coat of arms.
- The glans penis.
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Descendants[edit]
- → Swahili: helmeti
Translations[edit]
protective head covering
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Verb[edit]
helmet (third-person singular simple present helmets, present participle helmeting, simple past and past participle helmeted)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English helmet, from Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: hel‧met
Noun[edit]
helmet
- a helmet; a protective head covering, usually part of armour.
Verb[edit]
helmet
- to wear a helmet
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:helmet.
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
helmet
Declension[edit]
Inflection of helmet (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | — | helmet | |
genitive | — | helmien | |
partitive | — | helmiä | |
illative | — | helmiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | — | helmet | |
accusative | nom. | — | helmet |
gen. | — | ||
genitive | — | helmien | |
partitive | — | helmiä | |
inessive | — | helmissä | |
elative | — | helmistä | |
illative | — | helmiin | |
adessive | — | helmillä | |
ablative | — | helmiltä | |
allative | — | helmille | |
essive | — | helminä | |
translative | — | helmiksi | |
instructive | — | helmin | |
abessive | — | helmittä | |
comitative | — | helmineen |
Possessive forms of helmet (type ovi) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | helmeni | helmemme |
2nd person | helmesi | helmenne |
3rd person | helmensä |
Synonyms[edit]
- (necklace): helminauha
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French helmet; equivalent to helm + -et.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
helmet
- A helmet; an armoured piece of headgear.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “helmet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱel- (cover)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English words suffixed with -et
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- enm:Armor
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