helmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛlmɪt/
ipa: /ˈhɛlmət/
rhymes: -ɛlmɪt
Forms: form: helmets
form: helmette
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.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter II, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: Most speedboarders wear helmets, knee and elbow pads, and occasionally all-in-one aerodynamic suits, to protect themselves.
ref: 2009 February 25, Noam Friedlander, “Dangerous sport of speedboarding banned from Malibu streets”, in The Daily Telegraph:
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synonyms: word: helm
word: brain bucket
glosses: A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
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synonyms: word: helm
word: brain bucket
word: helm
glosses: A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
Such a helm when placed above a shield on a coat of arms.
glosses: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
The upper part of a chemist's retort.
synonyms: word: helm
glosses: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
glosses: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
glosses: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
The glans penis.
synonyms: word: bell-end
word: cockhead
word: cue ball
word: dickhead
word: dome
word: head
word: helmet
word: knob
word: knobhead
word: little head
word: mushroom tip
word: other head
word: plum
word: purple helmet
word: skull
word: tip
word: warhead
examples: text: Jarvo’s a stinky old helmet.
ref: 2021 September 3, MJowen174, Twitter, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2023:
glosses: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
The glans penis.
A contemptible or stupid person.
synonyms: word: bell-end
word: cockhead
word: cue ball
word: dickhead
word: dome
word: head
word: helmet
word: knob
word: knobhead
word: little head
word: mushroom tip
word: other head
word: plum
word: purple helmet
word: skull
word: tip
word: warhead
Derived terms: 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
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
Related terms: helm