EnglishEdit

 
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A motorcycle helmet

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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlmɪt/, /ˈhɛlmət/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlmɪt

NounEdit

helmet (plural helmets)

  1. 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.
  2. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
    1. The upper part of a chemist's retort.
      Synonym: (obsolete) helm
    2. The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
    3. A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
    4. (heraldry) The feature above a shield on a coat of arms.
      Synonym: helm
    5. The glans penis.
      1. (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.

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DescendantsEdit

  • Swahili: helmeti

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VerbEdit

helmet (third-person singular simple present helmets, present participle helmeting, simple past and past participle helmeted)

  1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.

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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

  1. a helmet; a protective head covering, usually part of armour.

VerbEdit

helmet

  1. to wear a helmet

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:helmet.

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

helmet

  1. nominative plural of helmi
  2. 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

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French helmet; equivalent to helm +‎ -et.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlmɛt/, /ˈhɛlmit/

NounEdit

helmet

  1. A helmet; an armoured piece of headgear.

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