helicopter

English

A helicopter.

a samara or helicopter

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

helicopter (plural helicopters)

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.
a powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
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)
Albanian: helikopter (sq)
Arabic: طائرة عامودية (ar) (ṭāʾira ʿāmūdíyya) f, هليكوبتر (ar) (hilikubtar) m, حوامة (ar) (ḥawwāma) f
Armenian: ուղղաթիռ (hy) (uġġat'iṙ)
Asturian: helicópteru (ast) m
Azeri: vertolyot (az)
Belarusian: верталёт (be) (vjertaljót) m
Bulgarian: хеликоптер (bg) (helikópter) m , въртолет (bg) (vǎrtolét) m
Burmese: ဟယ်လီကော့ပတာ (my) (he li ko. pata)
Catalan: helicòpter (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 直升機 (cmn) or 直昇機 (cmn), 直升机 (cmn) (zhíshēngjī)
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
Galician: helicóptero (gl) m
Georgian: ვერტმფრენი (ka) (vertmp'reni)
German: Helikopter (de) m, Hubschrauber (de) m
Greek: ελικόπτερο (el) (elikóptero) n
Hebrew: מסוק (he) (masók) m
Hindi: हेलिकॉप्टर (hi) (helikopṭar)
Hungarian: helikopter (hu)
Icelandic: þyrla (is) f, þyrilvængja (is) f (obsolete), kofti (is) m (obsolete)
Indonesian: helikopter (id)
Interlingua: helicoptero (ia)
Irish: héileacaptar (ga)
Italian: elicottero (it) m
Japanese: ヘリコプター (ja) (herikoputā)
Kazakh: тікұшақ (kk) (tikuşaq)
Khmer: អេលីកុបទែរ (km) (eeliikoptɛɛ)
Korean: 헬리콥터 (ko) (helikopteo)
Kyrgyz: вертолёт (ky) (vertolyot)

Lao: ເອລີກົບເທີ (lo) (eː líː kóp tʰə́ː), ເຮລິຄອບແຕ (lo) (héː lī kʰɔ̑ːp tɛː)
Latin: helicopterus (la) m
Latvian: helikopters (lv) f
Lithuanian: sraigtasparnis (lt) m, (rare) helikopteris (lt) m
Macedonian: хеликоптер (mk) (helikópter) m
Malay: helikopter (ms)
Maltese: ħelikopter (mt) m
Mongolian: нисдэг тэрэг (mn) (nisdeg tereg)
Navajo: bikááʼ náʼoobałí
Northern Sami: helekopter
Norwegian: helikopter (no) n
Persian: بالگرد (fa) (bâlgard), هلیکوپتر (fa) (helikōpter)
Polish: śmigłowiec (pl) m, helikopter (pl) m
Portuguese: helicóptero (pt) m
Romanian: elicopter (ro)
Russian: вертолёт (ru) (vertoljót) m , геликоптер (ru) (gelikópter) m (dated)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хеликоптер (sh) m

Roman: helikopter (sh) m
Slovak: vrtuľník (sk) m
Slovene: helikopter (sl) m
Sotho: helikopotare (st)
Spanish: helicóptero (es) m, autogiro (es) m
Swahili: helikopta (sw)
Swedish: helikopter (sv) c
Tagalog: helikopter (tl)
Tajik: чархбол (tg) (čarxbol)
Tatar: боралак (tt) (boralaq)
Thai: เฮลิคอบเตอ (th) (helikhoptoe)
Tok Pisin: helikopta (tpi)
Turkish: helikopter (tr)
Turkmen: wertolýot (tk)
Ukrainian: вертоліт (uk) (vertolít) m , гелікоптер (uk) (helikópter) m
Urdu: بالگرد (ur) (bālgard), ہیلی کاپٹر (ur) (heli-kopṭar)
Uzbek: tikuchar (uz)
Vietnamese: máy bay lên thẳng (vi), máy bay trực thăng (vi), trực thăng (vi)
Volapük: tovaskrubian (vo)

machine for spreading concrete

Verb

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