helmet
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- helmette (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
helmet (plural helmets)
- A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
- Synonym: (archaic or poetic) helm
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter II, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- 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.
- Synonym: (obsolete) helm
- 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.
- Synonym: helm
- The glans penis.
- (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible or stupid person.
- 2021 September 3, MJowen174, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 2023-01-14:
- Jarvo’s a stinky old helmet.
- (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible or stupid person.
- The upper part of a chemist's retort.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- balaclava helmet
- bicycle helmet
- close helmet
- coal scuttle helmet
- combat helmet
- construction helmet
- Corinthian helmet
- crash helmet
- crash-helmet
- flying helmet
- helmet shell
- helmet snail
- helmet streamer
- horned helmet
- kettle helmet
- pit helmet
- pith helmet
- policeman's helmet
- purple helmet
- safety helmet
- space helmet
- steel pot helmet
- washbasin helmet
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Swahili: helmeti
TranslationsEdit
protective head covering
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VerbEdit
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.
AnagramsEdit
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English helmet, from Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: hel‧met
NounEdit
helmet
- a helmet; a protective head covering, usually part of armour.
VerbEdit
helmet
- to wear a helmet
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:helmet.
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
helmet
- nominative plural of helmi
- necklace made of pearls or beads
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of helmet (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | helmeni | helmemme |
| 2nd person | helmesi | helmenne |
| 3rd person | helmensä | |
SynonymsEdit
- (necklace): helminauha
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French helmet; equivalent to helm + -et.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
helmet
- A helmet; an armoured piece of headgear.
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “helmet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.