English Explanatory Dictionary

helmet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
  2. Such a helm when placed above a shield on a coat of arms.
  3. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
  4. The upper part of a chemist's retort.
  5. The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
  6. A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
  7. The glans penis.
  8. A contemptible or stupid person.
verb
  1. To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛlmɪt/ /ˈhɛlmət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Benoît Prieur-helmet.wav

Word forms

helmet helmets helmette helmeting helmetting helmeted helmetted

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

helm brain bucket bell-end cockhead cue ball dickhead dome head helmet knob knobhead little head mushroom tip other head plum purple helmet skull tip warhead

Related words

helm

Derived words

balaclava helmet beer helmet behelmeted 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 helmetcam helmet crab helmetcrest helmet hair helmetless helmetlike helmet orchid helmet shell helmetshrike helmet snail helmet streamer helmet vanga horned helmet kettle helmet pit helmet pith helmet policeman's helmet purple helmet safety helmet space helmet steel pot helmet sun helmet unhelmet washbasin helmet

Translations

Afrikaans: helm Albanian: kokore Albanian: përkrenare Albanian: tarogzë Southern Altai: туулга Southern Altai: темир бӧрӱк Arabic: خُوذَة Arabic: بَيْضَة Arabic: خوذة Armenian: սաղավարտ Asturian: cascu Asturian: yelmu Azerbaijani: dəbilqə Azerbaijani: kaska Basque: kasko Belarusian: шало́м Belarusian: ка́ска Bulgarian: шлем Bulgarian: ка́ска Burmese: ဦးခေါင်းဆောင် Catalan: casc Catalan: elm Chagatai: دبولغه Chagatai: توبولغا Chinese Mandarin: 鋼盔 /钢盔 Chinese Mandarin: 頭盔 /头盔 Czech: helma Czech: helmice Czech: přilba Czech: přilbice Danish: hjelm Dutch: helm Esperanto: kasko Estonian: kiiver Extremaduran: cascu Finnish: kypärä French: casque Galician: casco Galician: elmo Galician: gocete Galician: borguiñota Galician: camal Galician: chola Georgian: ჩაფხუტი Georgian: მუზარადი German: Helm Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃 Greek: κράνος Ancient Greek: κράνος Ancient Greek: κόρυς Hebrew: קַסְדָּה Hindi: हेलमेट Hindi: ख़ोद Hungarian: sisak Hungarian: bukósisak Icelandic: hjálmur Indonesian: helm Ingrian: kypärä Irish: ceannbheart Irish: clogad Irish: cafarr Italian: casco Italian: elmetto Japanese: ヘルメット Japanese: 兜 Kalmyk: дуулх Kazakh: дулығ Korean: 투구 Korean: 헬멧
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