English Explanatory Dictionary

-copter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. referring to a vehicle that works with one or more vertical rotors similar to that of a helicopter

Word forms

-copter

Etymology

The clipped form copter predates it, which raises the question of compounding versus affixing, but regardless, it is now widely reanalyzed as a suffix derived from helicopter.

Related words

copter heli heli-
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