helmet
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: business
clothing
fashion
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
monarchy
nobility
politics
textiles
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.
Base: helm
Affixes: -et
Inflected forms:
form: helmets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: helmette
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: helmets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: helmeting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: helmetting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: helmeted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: helmeted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: helmetted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: helmetted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: helmette
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
Most speedboarders wear helmets, knee and elbow pads, and occasionally all-in-one aerodynamic suits, to protect themselves.
gloss: A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
pos: noun
gloss: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
pos: noun
gloss: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
pos: noun
examples: And it makes me sick, the thought of your lipstick on his helmet.
gloss: That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
derogatory
examples: Jarvo’s a stinky old helmet.
gloss: To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
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.
And then they’re fleeing in a second rain of meteorites, their arms helmetting their heads, as they run away from us.
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:
lang: Afrikaans
word: helm
lang: Albanian
word: kokore
lang: Albanian
word: përkrenare
lang: Albanian
word: tarogzë
lang: Southern Altai
word: туулга
roman: tuulga
lang: Southern Altai
word: темир бӧрӱк
roman: temir börük
lang: Arabic
word: خُوذَة
roman: ḵūḏa
lang: Arabic
word: بَيْضَة
roman: bayḍa
lang: Arabic
word: خوذة
roman: ḵūḏa
lang: Armenian
word: սաղավարտ
roman: saġavart
lang: Asturian
word: cascu
lang: Asturian
word: yelmu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dəbilqə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: kaska
lang: Basque
word: kasko
lang: Belarusian
word: шало́м
roman: šalóm
lang: Belarusian
word: ка́ска
roman: káska
lang: Bulgarian
word: шлем
roman: šlem
lang: Bulgarian
word: ка́ска
roman: káska
lang: Burmese
word: ဦးခေါင်းဆောင်
roman: u:hkaung:hcaung
lang: Catalan
word: casc
lang: Catalan
word: elm
lang: Chagatai
word: دبولغه
roman: dubulğa
lang: Chagatai
word: توبولغا
roman: tubulğa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 鋼盔 /钢盔
roman: gāngkuī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 頭盔 /头盔
roman: tóukuī
lang: Czech
word: helma
lang: Czech
word: helmice
lang: Czech
word: přilba
lang: Czech
word: přilbice
lang: Danish
word: hjelm
lang: Dutch
word: helm
lang: Esperanto
word: kasko
lang: Estonian
word: kiiver
lang: Extremaduran
word: cascu
lang: Finnish
word: kypärä
lang: French
word: casque
lang: Galician
word: casco
lang: Galician
word: elmo
lang: Galician
word: gocete
lang: Galician
word: borguiñota
lang: Galician
word: camal
lang: Galician
word: chola
lang: Georgian
word: ჩაფხუტი
roman: čapxuṭi
lang: Georgian
word: მუზარადი
roman: muzaradi
lang: German
word: Helm
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌹𐌻𐌼𐍃
roman: hilms
lang: Greek
word: κράνος
roman: krános
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κράνος
roman: krános
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κόρυς
roman: kórus
lang: Hebrew
word: קַסְדָּה
roman: kasda
lang: Hindi
word: हेलमेट
roman: helmeṭ
lang: Hindi
word: ख़ोद
roman: xod
lang: Hungarian
word: sisak
lang: Hungarian
word: bukósisak
lang: Icelandic
word: hjálmur
lang: Indonesian
word: helm
lang: Ingrian
word: kypärä
lang: Irish
word: ceannbheart
lang: Irish
word: clogad
lang: Irish
word: cafarr
lang: Italian
word: casco
lang: Italian
word: elmetto
lang: Japanese
word: ヘルメット
roman: herumetto
lang: Japanese
word: 兜
roman: kabuto
lang: Kalmyk
word: дуулх
roman: duulx
lang: Kazakh
word: дулығ
roman: dulyğ
lang: Korean
word: 투구
roman: tugu
lang: Korean
word: 헬멧
roman: helmet
lang: Kumyk
word: давулгъа
roman: dawulğa
lang: Kumyk
word: темир бёрк
roman: temir börk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: туулга
roman: tuulga
lang: Lao
word: ໝວກກັນກະທົບ
roman: mūak kan ka thop
lang: Latin
word: cassis
lang: Latin
word: galea
lang: Latvian
word: ķivere
lang: Lithuanian
word: šalmas
lang: Macedonian
word: шлем
roman: šlem
lang: Macedonian
word: кацига
roman: kaciga
lang: Malay
word: topi keledar
lang: Maltese
word: elmu
lang: Māori
word: pōtae mārō
lang: Marathi
word: हेल्मेट
roman: helmeṭ
lang: Marathi
word: शिरस्त्राण
roman: śirastrāṇ
lang: Mongolian
word: дуулга
roman: duulga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: hjelm
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: hjelm
lang: Occitan
word: casco
lang: Occitan
word: èlm
lang: Church Slavic
word: шлѣмъ
roman: šlěmŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: шеломъ
roman: šelomŭ
lang: Old English
word: helm
lang: Old Norse
word: hjalmr
lang: Palauan
word: hermet
lang: Persian
word: کلاه ایمنی ورزشی
lang: Persian
word: خود
roman: xud
lang: Persian
word: کلاه ایمنی
lang: Persian
word: کلاه کاسکت
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Schiltmetz
lang: Polish
word: hełm
lang: Polish
word: kask
lang: Old Polish
word: szłom
lang: Portuguese
word: capacete
lang: Portuguese
word: elmo
lang: Punjabi
word: ਹੈਲਮਟ
roman: hailmaṭ
lang: Romanian
word: cască
lang: Romanian
word: coif
lang: Russian
word: шлем
roman: šlem
lang: Russian
word: ка́ска
roman: káska
lang: Russian
word: шело́м
roman: šelóm
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: clogaid
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шле̏м
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ка̀цига
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šlȅm
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kàciga
lang: Sikkimese
word: ལྕགས་ཞ
roman: lcags zha
lang: Slovak
word: helma
lang: Slovak
word: prilba
lang: Slovene
word: čelada
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: nagłownik
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: nagłowk
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: nahłownik
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: helm
lang: Spanish
word: casco
lang: Spanish
word: yelmo
lang: Spanish
word: bacinete
lang: Spanish
word: casquete
lang: Spanish
word: morrión
lang: Spanish
word: celada
lang: Spanish
word: capacete
lang: Spanish
word: cerbillera
lang: Swahili
word: helmeti
lang: Swahili
word: kofia ya chuma
lang: Swedish
word: hjälm
lang: Tagalog
word: helmet
lang: Tagalog
word: almete
lang: Tamil
word: தலைக்கவசம்
roman: talaikkavacam
lang: Telugu
word: శిరస్త్రాణము
roman: śirastrāṇamu
lang: Thai
word: หมวกนิรภัย
roman: mùuak-ní-rá-pai
lang: Thai
word: หมวกเชื่อม
roman: mùuak-chʉ̂ʉam
lang: Tibetan
word: རྨོག
roman: rmog
lang: Tibetan
word: རྨོག་ཞྭ
roman: rmog zhwa
lang: Tibetan
word: རྨོག་ཞུ
roman: rmog zhu
lang: Tibetan
word: རྨོག་རིལ
roman: rmog ril
lang: Turkish
word: kask
lang: Turkish
word: miğfer
lang: Old Anatolian Turkish
word: توغلقه
roman: toğulga, tuğulga
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: باشلق
roman: başlık
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: سرپنك
roman: serpenek
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: توولغه
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: تولغه
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: تولقه
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: تغلغه
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: توغلغه
lang: Turkmen
word: tuwalga
lang: Ukrainian
word: шоло́м
roman: šolóm
lang: Ukrainian
word: ка́ска
roman: káska
lang: Urdu
word: ہیلْمیٹ
roman: helmeṭ
lang: Urdu
word: خود
roman: xod
lang: Uzbek
word: dubulgʻa
lang: Vietnamese
word: mũ bảo hiểm
lang: Vietnamese
word: nón bảo hiểm
lang: Welsh
word: helm
lang: Welsh
word: helmed
lang: Welsh
word: helmedau