helikopter

See also: Helikopter

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from French hélicoptère.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Baku):

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Noun

helikopter (definite accusative helikopteri, plural helikopterlər)

1. helicopter

   Synonym: vertolyot

Declension

Declension of helikopter

	singular	plural
nominative	helikopter	helikopterlər
definite accusative	helikopteri	helikopterləri
dative	helikopterə	helikopterlərə
locative	helikopterdə	helikopterlərdə
ablative	helikopterdən	helikopterlərdən
definite genitive	helikopterin	helikopterlərin

Possessive forms of helikopter

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	helikopterim	helikopterlərim
sənin (“your”)	helikopterin	helikopterlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	helikopteri	helikopterləri
bizim (“our”)	helikopterimiz	helikopterlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	helikopteriniz	helikopterləriniz
onların (“their”)	helikopteri or helikopterləri	helikopterləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	helikopterimi	helikopterlərimi
sənin (“your”)	helikopterini	helikopterlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	helikopterini	helikopterlərini
bizim (“our”)	helikopterimizi	helikopterlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	helikopterinizi	helikopterlərinizi
onların (“their”)	helikopterini or helikopterlərini	helikopterlərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	helikopterimə	helikopterlərimə
sənin (“your”)	helikopterinə	helikopterlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	helikopterinə	helikopterlərinə
bizim (“our”)	helikopterimizə	helikopterlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	helikopterinizə	helikopterlərinizə
onların (“their”)	helikopterinə or helikopterlərinə	helikopterlərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	helikopterimdə	helikopterlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	helikopterində	helikopterlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	helikopterində	helikopterlərində
bizim (“our”)	helikopterimizdə	helikopterlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	helikopterinizdə	helikopterlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	helikopterində or helikopterlərində	helikopterlərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	helikopterimdən	helikopterlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	helikopterindən	helikopterlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	helikopterindən	helikopterlərindən
bizim (“our”)	helikopterimizdən	helikopterlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	helikopterinizdən	helikopterlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	helikopterindən or helikopterlərindən	helikopterlərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	helikopterimin	helikopterlərimin
sənin (“your”)	helikopterinin	helikopterlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	helikopterinin	helikopterlərinin
bizim (“our”)	helikopterimizin	helikopterlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	helikopterinizin	helikopterlərinizin
onların (“their”)	helikopterinin or helikopterlərinin	helikopterlərinin

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English helicopter, borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Sense "dragonfly", after its resemblance to the vehicle.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: he‧li‧kop‧ter
• IPA^(key): /heliˈkopteɾ/ [he.l̪ɪˈkop.t̪eɾ̪]

Noun

helikopter

1. helicopter
2. (colloquial) dragonfly

Verb

helikopter

1. to transport by helicopter
2. to travel by helicopter

Danish

helikopter

Etymology

Via English helicopter, from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλικος (hélikos), genitive of ἕλιξ (hélix) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Noun

helikopter c (singular definite helikopteren, plural indefinite helikoptere)

1. (aircraft) helicopter

Inflection

Declension of helikopter

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	helikopter	helikopteren	helikoptere	helikopterne
genitive	helikopters	helikopterens	helikopteres	helikopternes

References

• “helikopter” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• helicopter (superseded)
• helicoptère (dated, superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French hélicoptère. Later influenced by English helicopter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦeːliˈkɔptər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: he‧li‧kop‧ter

Noun

helikopter m (plural helikopters, diminutive helikoptertje n)

1. helicopter

   Synonyms: heli, wentelwiek, hefschoefvliegtuig

   Budgie is een kleine helikopter.

   Budgie is a little helicopter.

Derived terms

• heli
• legerhelikopter
• marinehelikopter
• politiehelikopter
• traumahelikopter

Descendants

• → Indonesian: helikopter

Estonian

helikopter

Etymology

From French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix) + πτερόν (pterón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheliˌkopter/, [ˈ(h)elʲiˌkopˑter]
• Rhymes: -opter
• Hyphenation: he‧li‧kop‧ter

Noun

helikopter (genitive helikopteri, partitive helikopterit)

1. helicopter (an aircraft that flies under the lift of a rotary impeller)

   Synonym: kopter

   Päästmine toimus helikopteriga. ― The rescue was carried out by helicopter.

Declension

Declension of helikopter (ÕS type 2e/minut, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		helikopter	helikopterid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	helikopteri
genitive			helikopterite
partitive		helikopterit	helikoptereid
illative		helikopterisse	helikopteritesse helikoptereisse
inessive		helikopteris	helikopterites helikoptereis
elative		helikopterist	helikopteritest helikoptereist
allative		helikopterile	helikopteritele helikoptereile
adessive		helikopteril	helikopteritel helikoptereil
ablative		helikopterilt	helikopteritelt helikoptereilt
translative		helikopteriks	helikopteriteks helikoptereiks
terminative		helikopterini	helikopteriteni
essive		helikopterina	helikopteritena
abessive		helikopterita	helikopteriteta
comitative		helikopteriga	helikopteritega

Derived terms

• kopter

References

• helikopter in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “helikopter”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Greenlandic

Noun

helikopter

1. helicopter

Further reading

• helikopter in Katersat

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism mainly via German Helikopter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛlikoptɛr]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛr
• Hyphenation: he‧li‧kop‧ter

Noun

helikopter (plural helikopterek)

1. helicopter

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	helikopter	helikopterek
accusative	helikoptert	helikoptereket
dative	helikopternek	helikoptereknek
instrumental	helikopterrel	helikopterekkel
causal-final	helikopterért	helikopterekért
translative	helikopterré	helikopterekké
terminative	helikopterig	helikopterekig
essive-formal	helikopterként	helikopterekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	helikopterben	helikopterekben
superessive	helikopteren	helikoptereken
adessive	helikopternél	helikoptereknél
illative	helikopterbe	helikopterekbe
sublative	helikopterre	helikopterekre
allative	helikopterhez	helikopterekhez
elative	helikopterből	helikopterekből
delative	helikopterről	helikopterekről
ablative	helikoptertől	helikopterektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	helikopteré	helikoptereké
non-attributive possessive – plural	helikopteréi	helikopterekéi

Possessive forms of helikopter

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	helikopterem	helikoptereim
2nd person sing.	helikoptered	helikoptereid
3rd person sing.	helikoptere	helikopterei
1st person plural	helikopterünk	helikoptereink
2nd person plural	helikopteretek	helikoptereitek
3rd person plural	helikopterük	helikoptereik

Further reading

• helikopter in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch helikopter (“helicopter”), from French hélicoptère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /he.li.ˈkɔp.tər/
• Rhymes: -tər
• Hyphenation: he‧li‧kop‧têr

Noun

helikoptêr (plural helikopter-helikopter)

1. (aviation) helicopter: an aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft

Derived terms

• helikopter ambulans
• helikopter angkut
• helikopter kargo
• helikopter pengangkut taktis
• helikopter penyemprot air
• helikopter serang
• helikopter serbaguna
• helikopter serbu
• helikopter tempur

Further reading

• “helikopter”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English helicopter, from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Noun

helikopter (plural helikopter-helikopter or helikopter²)

1. helicopter

   Synonym: kapal baling

Further reading

• "helikopter" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "helikopter" at PRPM first version)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

helikopter n (definite singular helikopteret or helikoptret, indefinite plural helikopter or helikoptre, definite plural helikoptra or helikoptrene)

1. a helicopter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

helikopter n (definite singular helikopteret, indefinite plural helikopter, definite plural helikoptera)

1. a helicopter

Polish

helikopter

Etymology

Borrowed from French hélicoptère, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix) + πτερόν (pterón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛ.liˈkɔp.tɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔptɛr
• Syllabification: he‧li‧kop‧ter

Noun

helikopter m inan

1. helicopter (aircraft)

   Synonym: śmigłowiec

Declension

Declension of helikopter

	singular	plural
nominative	helikopter	helikoptery
genitive	helikopteru	helikopterów
dative	helikopterowi	helikopterom
accusative	helikopter	helikoptery
instrumental	helikopterem	helikopterami
locative	helikopterze	helikopterach
vocative	helikopterze	helikoptery

Derived terms

adjective

• helikopterowy

noun

• helikopterowiec

Further reading

• “helikopter”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “helikopter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hélicoptère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xelikǒpter/
• Hyphenation: he‧li‧kop‧ter

Noun

helikòpter m inan (Cyrillic spelling хелико̀птер)

1. helicopter (aircraft)

   Synonym: (Croatia, rare) zrȁkomlāt

   • 2015-12-28, Fazlija, “Helikopter”, in Helikopter‎^[3]:

     Helikopter, helikopter
     Para kofer, para kofer
     Helikopter, helikopter, šaljem ako treba
     Para kofer, para kofer, da bacaš sa neba
     Helikopter, helikopter, kol'ko treba zlata
     Samo da od doma otvoriš mi vrata?

     Helicopter, helicopter
     Money coffer, money coffer
     A helicopter, helicopter, I will send if needed
     Money coffer, money coffer you can throw from the sky
     Helicopter, helicopter, how much gold is needed
     For you to open the door of your home?

Declension

Declension of helikopter

	singular	plural
nominative	helikopter	helikopteri
genitive	helikoptera	helikoptera
dative	helikopteru	helikopterima
accusative	helikopter	helikoptere
vocative	helikopteru	helikopteri
locative	helikopteru	helikopterima
instrumental	helikopterom	helikopterima

Further reading

• “helikopter”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Etymology

From French hélicoptère, in turn from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Noun

helikopter c

1. a helicopter (aircraft)

   Synonym: (colloquial, humorous) helikopeter

   Hypernym: luftfartyg (“aircraft”)

2. (colloquial, often definitive) The helicopter; an act where a man spin his genitalia by gyrating his hip.

   Synonym: propellern

   • 2003 November 22, Lina Modin, Sofia Stridsman, “Naken-Janne avsnoppad [Naked-Janne cut short]”, in Expressen:

     Men när han ställde sig på ett ben för att göra helikoptern var Lena blixtsnabbt framme. - Mitt mål har under hela sommaren varit att vrida om den där äckliga stroppens snopp ett helt varv. Och det gick jävlar i mig, säger "Farmen"-Lena.

     But when he stood on one leg to do the helicopter, Lena was on him in a flash. – My goal all summer has been to twist that disgusting snob’s knob a full turn. And by God, I did it, says The Farm's Lena.

   • 2024 October 11, “Kvinna rastade hunden – Uddevallabo gjorde "helikoptern" [Woman walking her dog – Uddevalla resident did "the helicopter"]”, in Bohusläningen:

     Vid två separata tillfällen, och med två års mellanrum, fick hundägarna bevittna en man göra "helikoptern" - alltså hur han snurrade runt sitt kön i luften. Nu döms en 65-årig man för sexuellt ofredande.

     On two separate occasions, two years apart, dog owners witnessed a man performing "the helicopter" – that is, spinning his genitals around in the air. A 65-year-old man has now been convicted of sexual harassment.

Declension

Declension of helikopter

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	helikopter	helikopters
	definite	helikoptern	helikopterns
plural	indefinite	helikoptrar	helikoptrars
	definite	helikoptrarna	helikoptrarnas

Derived terms

• ambulanshelikopter (“ambulance helicopter”)
• arméhelikopter (“army helicopter”)
• helikopterförare (“helicopter pilot”)
• helikopterpengar (“helicopter money”)
• intensivvårdshelikopter (“intensive care helicopter”)
• IVA-helikopter (“ICU helicopter”)
• polishelikopter (“police helicopter”)

References

• “helikopter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “helikopter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “helikopter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.

Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix)

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥

Proto-Hellenic *pterón

Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón)

French hélicoptèrebor.

English helicopterbor.

Tagalog helikopter

Borrowed from English helicopter. Doublet of elikoptero.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /heliˈkopteɾ/ [hɛ.lɪˈx̠op.t̪ɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -opteɾ
• Syllabification: he‧li‧kop‧ter

Noun

helikopter (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒᜃᜓᜉ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔) (aviation)

1. helicopter

   Synonym: elikoptero

Derived terms

• helikopterin
• maghelikopter

Related terms

• elise

Further reading

• “helikopter”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French hélicoptère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /he.li.kɔp.tɛɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

helikopter (definite accusative helikopteri, plural helikopterler)

1. helicopter

Declension

Declension of helikopter

singular plural nominative helikopter helikopterler definite accusative helikopteri helikopterleri dative helikoptere helikopterlere locative helikopterde helikopterlerde ablative helikopterden helikopterlerden genitive helikopterin helikopterlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular helikopterim helikopterlerim 2nd singular helikopterin helikopterlerin 3rd singular helikopteri helikopterleri 1st plural helikopterimiz helikopterlerimiz 2nd plural helikopteriniz helikopterleriniz 3rd plural helikopterleri helikopterleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular helikopterimi helikopterlerimi 2nd singular helikopterini helikopterlerini 3rd singular helikopterini helikopterlerini 1st plural helikopterimizi helikopterlerimizi 2nd plural helikopterinizi helikopterlerinizi 3rd plural helikopterlerini helikopterlerini dative singular plural 1st singular helikopterime helikopterlerime 2nd singular helikopterine helikopterlerine 3rd singular helikopterine helikopterlerine 1st plural helikopterimize helikopterlerimize 2nd plural helikopterinize helikopterlerinize 3rd plural helikopterlerine helikopterlerine locative singular plural 1st singular helikopterimde helikopterlerimde 2nd singular helikopterinde helikopterlerinde 3rd singular helikopterinde helikopterlerinde 1st plural helikopterimizde helikopterlerimizde 2nd plural helikopterinizde helikopterlerinizde 3rd plural helikopterlerinde helikopterlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular helikopterimden helikopterlerimden 2nd singular helikopterinden helikopterlerinden 3rd singular helikopterinden helikopterlerinden 1st plural helikopterimizden helikopterlerimizden 2nd plural helikopterinizden helikopterlerinizden 3rd plural helikopterlerinden helikopterlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular helikopterimin helikopterlerimin 2nd singular helikopterinin helikopterlerinin 3rd singular helikopterinin helikopterlerinin 1st plural helikopterimizin helikopterlerimizin 2nd plural helikopterinizin helikopterlerinizin 3rd plural helikopterlerinin helikopterlerinin

Derived terms

• helikopter pisti