hélicoptère

== French == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) +‎ πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). Coined in 1861 by Gustave de Ponton d'Amécourt. === Pronunciation === (mute h) IPA(key): /e.li.kɔp.tɛʁ/ === Noun === hélicoptère m (plural hélicoptères) helicopter ==== Derived terms ==== porte-hélicoptères ==== Related terms ==== hélice hélico hélipad héliporter ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: helikopter → English: helicopter→ Amharic: ሄሊኮፕተር (helikoptär)Bislama: helikopta→ Cebuano: helikopter→ Malay: helikopter→ Tagalog: helikopter→ Hawaiian: helekopaTok Pisin: helikopta→ Ankave: erɨ´kura´ → Polish: helikopter → Romanian: elicopter → Serbo-Croatian: helikopter → Persian: هلی‌کوپتر (helikopter) → Turkish: helikopter === Further reading === “hélicoptère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “hélicoptère”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse “hélicoptère” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.