# helmet
## English
### Alternative forms

* helmette (obsolete)

### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛlmɪt/, /ˈhɛlmət/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlmɪt

### Noun

helmet (plural helmets)
* (clothing) A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
    Synonyms: (archaic or poetic) helm, (sometimes humorous) brain bucket
    Hyponym: hard hat
** 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.
** 2009 February 25, Noam Friedlander, “Dangerous sport of speedboarding banned from Malibu streets”, in The Daily Telegraph:Most speedboarders wear helmets, knee and elbow pads, and occasionally all-in-one aerodynamic suits, to protect themselves.
** (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.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:glans penis
*** (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible or stupid person.
**** 2021 September 3, MJowen174, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 2023-01-14:Jarvo’s a stinky old helmet.

#### Derived terms

* balaclava helmet
* beer helmet
* 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
* 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

* helm

#### Descendants

* → Korean: 헬멧 (helmet)
* → Palauan: hermet
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਹੈਲਮਟ (hailmaṭ)
    Shahmukhi script: ہیلمٹ (hailmaṭ)
* → Swahili: helmeti
* → Welsh: helmed

#### Translations
### Verb

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

* Lethem

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English helmet, from Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, a diminutive of helme.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: hel‧met

### Noun

helmet
* a helmet; a protective head covering, usually part of armour

### Verb

helmet
* to wear a helmet

### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:helmet.

## Finnish
### Noun

helmet
* nominative plural of helmi
* necklace made of pearls or beads

#### Declension

Possessive forms of helmet (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
helmeni
accusative
nom.
helmeni
gen.
genitive
helmieni
partitive
helmiäni
inessive
helmissäni
elative
helmistäni
illative
helmiini
adessive
helmilläni
ablative
helmiltäni
allative
helmilleni
essive
helminäni
translative
helmikseni
abessive
helmittäni
instructive
comitative
—helmineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
helmesi
accusative
nom.
helmesi
gen.
genitive
helmiesi
partitive
helmiäsi
inessive
helmissäsi
elative
helmistäsi
illative
helmiisi
adessive
helmilläsi
ablative
helmiltäsi
allative
helmillesi
essive
helminäsi
translative
helmiksesi
abessive
helmittäsi
instructive
comitative
—helminesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
helmemme
accusative
nom.
helmemme
gen.
genitive
helmiemme
partitive
helmiämme
inessive
helmissämme
elative
helmistämme
illative
helmiimme
adessive
helmillämme
ablative
helmiltämme
allative
helmillemme
essive
helminämme
translative
helmiksemme
abessive
helmittämme
instructive
comitative
—helminemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
helmenne
accusative
nom.
helmenne
gen.
genitive
helmienne
partitive
helmiänne
inessive
helmissänne
elative
helmistänne
illative
helmiinne
adessive
helmillänne
ablative
helmiltänne
allative
helmillenne
essive
helminänne
translative
helmiksenne
abessive
helmittänne
instructive
comitative
—helminenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
helmensä
accusative
nom.
helmensä
gen.
genitive
helmiensä
partitive
helmiään helmiänsä
inessive
helmissään helmissänsä
elative
helmistään helmistänsä
illative
helmiinsä
adessive
helmillään helmillänsä
ablative
helmiltään helmiltänsä
allative
helmilleen helmillensä
essive
helminään helminänsä
translative
helmikseen helmiksensä
abessive
helmittään helmittänsä
instructive
comitative
—helmineen helminensä :

#### Synonyms

* (necklace): helminauha

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* helmette, helmett, helmete

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛlˈmɛt/, /ˈhɛlmɛt/

### Noun

helmet
* A helmet; an armoured piece of headgear.

#### Descendants

* English: helmet
* Scots: hoomet

#### References

* “helmet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from English helmet, from Middle English helmet, helmett, a borrowing from Old French helmet, heaumet, ultimately from Germanic origin. Doublet of almete.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈhelmet/ [ˈhɛl.mɛt̪̚]
* Rhymes: -elmet
* Syllabification: hel‧met

### Noun

helmet (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎ᜔ᜋᜒᜆ᜔)
* helmet
    Synonym: (rare) almete

### References

* “helmet”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018