helmet
English
editAlternative forms
edit- helmette (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
edithelmet (plural helmets)
- (clothing) A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
- Synonyms: (archaic or poetic) helm, (sometimes humorous) brain bucket
- Hyponym: hard hat
- 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.
- 2009 February 25, Noam Friedlander, “Dangerous sport of speedboarding banned from Malibu streets”, in The Daily Telegraph:
- Most speedboarders wear helmets, knee and elbow pads, and occasionally all-in-one aerodynamic suits, to protect themselves.
- (heraldry) Such a helm when placed above a shield on a coat of arms.
- Synonym: helm
- 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.
- The glans penis.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus: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.
- The upper part of a chemist's retort.
Derived terms
edit- balaclava helmet
- beer helmet
- bicycle helmet
- blue helmet
- blue-helmet
- close helmet
- coal scuttle helmet
- combat helmet
- construction helmet
- Corinthian helmet
- crash helmet, crash-helmet
- flying helmet
- guinit helmet
- helmet hair
- 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 terms
editDescendants
editTranslations
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Verb
edithelmet (third-person singular simple present helmets, present participle helmeting or helmetting, simple past and past participle helmeted or helmetted)
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.
- 1913 August 28, “English Non-Militant Suffragists in Parade”, in The Union Signal, volume XXXIX, number 35, Evanston, Ill., page 12:
- There was no nonsense about these women—no hysteria, no top-note emotion. They were not out for smashing windows or helmetting policemen, or blowing up things sky-high.
- 1917 August, Walter Adolphe Roberts, “To a Friend Fallen for France (Alan Seeger)”, in The Forum, volume LVIII, New York, N.Y.: The Forum Publishing Company […], page 210:
- COMRADE, I had done well with you to swear / Allegiance to the colors of romance / In the great days when our sweet mistress, France, / Girded her loins and helmetted her hair.
- 2014, Jandy Nelson, I’ll Give You the Sun, New York, N.Y.: Dial Books, →ISBN, page 96:
- And then they’re fleeing in a second rain of meteorites, their arms helmetting their heads, as they run away from us.
Anagrams
editCebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English helmet, from Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: hel‧met
Noun
edithelmet
- a helmet; a protective head covering, usually part of armour
Verb
edithelmet
- to wear a helmet
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:helmet.
Finnish
editNoun
edithelmet
- nominative plural of helmi
- necklace made of pearls or beads
Declension
editInflection 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 | |
abessive | — | helmittä | |
instructive | — | helmin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms
edit- (necklace): helminauha
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French helmet; equivalent to helm + -et.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithelmet
- A helmet; an armoured piece of headgear.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “helmet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English helmet, from Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, ultimately from Germanic origin. Doublet of almete.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhelmet/ [ˈhɛl.mɛt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -elmet
- Syllabification: hel‧met
Noun
edithelmet (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜆ᜔)
References
edit- “helmet”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱel- (cover)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms suffixed with -et
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛlmɪt
- Rhymes:English/ɛlmɪt/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Headwear
- English terms with quotations
- en:Heraldry
- English derogatory terms
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:Armor
- en:Genitalia
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Middle English
- Cebuano terms derived from Old French
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Cebuano verbs
- ceb:Headwear
- Finnish non-lemma forms
- Finnish noun forms
- Finnish ovi-type nominals
- Finnish pluralia tantum
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms suffixed with -et
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Armor
- enm:Headwear
- Tagalog terms borrowed from English
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog terms derived from Middle English
- Tagalog terms derived from Old French
- Tagalog terms derived from Germanic languages
- Tagalog doublets
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/elmet
- Rhymes:Tagalog/elmet/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Armor
- tl:Headwear