helmet
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- helmette (obsolete)
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
- (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.
- (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.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- balaclava helmet
- beer helmet
- bicycle helmet
- blue helmet
- close helmet
- coal scuttle helmet
- combat helmet
- construction helmet
- Corinthian helmet
- crash helmet, crash-helmet
- flying 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 edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
helmet (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 edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From English helmet, from Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: hel‧met
Noun edit
helmet
- a helmet; a protective head covering, usually part of armour
Verb edit
helmet
- to wear a helmet
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:helmet.
Finnish edit
Noun edit
helmet
- nominative plural of helmi
- necklace made of pearls or beads
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French helmet; equivalent to helm + -et.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
helmet
- A helmet; an armoured piece of headgear.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “helmet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English helmet, from Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, ultimately from Germanic origin. Doublet of almete.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
helmet (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜆ᜔)
References edit
- “helmet”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018