hélicoptère
French
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
Coined in 1861 by Gustave de Ponton d'Amécourt.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithélicoptère m (plural hélicoptères)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- → Danish: helikopter
- → English: helicopter
- → Amharic: ሄሊኮፕተር (helikoptär)
- → Cebuano: helikopter
- → Malay: helikopter
- → Tagalog: helikopter
- → Polish: helikopter
- → Romanian: elicopter
- → Serbo-Croatian: helikopter
- → Turkish: helikopter
Further reading
edit- “hélicoptère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “hélicoptère” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “hélicoptère” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.