Helicopter

//ˈheliˌkɔptə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "helicopter" (18 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Noun(3 words)

whirlybird chopper eggbeater

airplane

Strong matches (5)

chopper

Noun(4 words)

copter ghetto bird heli helo

Related words (9)

Verb(1 words)

hover

Noun(5 words)

huey power trowel rotary-wing aircraft samara trowel machine

power trowel quadcopter samara

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

2 entries

aircraft heavier-than-air craft

More specific

19 entries

LOH air ambulance helicopter air scooter aircrane attack helicopter bear in the air black helicopter bush helicopter copper chopper gunbird gyrating angel helibus helicrane helitanker jetcopter newscopter

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Synonyms

3 entries

chopper power trowel samara

at location

2 entries

air airport

capable of

2 entries

land on roof transport injured persons to hospital

derived

27 entries

Chinese helicopter air ambulance helicopter antihelicopter copter free helicopter ride heli helichopper helicopter bucket helicopter carrier helicopter drop helicopter ear helicopter mom helicopter money helicopter parent helicopter parenting helicopter seed

Showing 16 of 27 words.

has property

2 entries

holding steady more expensive than car

is a

6 entries

flying vehicle fuel powered device heavier than air craft machine rotary wing aircraft transport container

related to

17 entries

ash blade cargo concrete dragonfly elm gas turbine maple overprotect passenger pilot reverse rotate slang transport travel

Showing 16 of 17 words.

used for

3 entries

fly transport travel

Translations

185 translations across 114 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Albanian

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Amharic

1 entries

ሄሊኮፕተር noun (aircraft)

Arabic

4 entries

حَوَّامَة noun (aircraft)
طَائِرَة عَامُودِيَّة noun (aircraft)
طَائِرَةٌ مِرْوَحِيَّة noun (aircraft)
طَوَّافَة noun (aircraft)

Armenian

1 entries

ուղղաթիռ noun (aircraft)

Aromanian

2 entries

elicupter noun (aircraft)
ilicupter noun (aircraft)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

3 entries

ܗܹܝܠܝܼܟܘܿܦܬܲܪ noun (aircraft)
ܛܲܝܵܣܬܵܐ ܪܵܚܘܿܦܬܵܐ noun (aircraft)
ܪܵܚܘܿܦܬܵܐ noun (aircraft)

Asturian

1 entries

helicópteru noun (aircraft)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

dikuçar noun (aircraft)
helikopter noun (aircraft)
vertolyot noun (aircraft)

Basque

1 entries

helikoptero noun (aircraft)

Belarusian

3 entries

верталёт noun (aircraft)
гелікаптэ́р noun (aircraft)
геліко́птэр noun (aircraft)

Bengali

1 entries

হেলিকোপটার noun (aircraft)

Breton

1 entries

biñsaskell noun (aircraft)

Bulgarian

2 entries

вертоле́т noun (aircraft)
хелико́птер noun (aircraft)

Burmese

2 entries

ရဟတ်ယာဉ် noun (aircraft)
ဟယ်လီကော့ပတာ noun (aircraft)

Catalan

1 entries

helicòpter noun (aircraft)

Chechen

1 entries

беркема noun (aircraft)

Chinese

1 entries

直升機 /直昇機 /直升机 noun (aircraft)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

直升機 /直昇機 /直升机 noun (aircraft)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

直升機 /直昇機 /直升机 noun (aircraft)

Cornish

1 entries

askel dro noun (aircraft)

Czech

2 entries

helikoptéra noun (aircraft)
vrtulník noun (aircraft)

Danish

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Dari

2 entries

هِلِیکُوپْتِر noun (aircraft)
چَرْخبَال noun (aircraft)

Dutch

2 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)
wentelwiek noun (aircraft)

Elfdalian

1 entries

elikopter noun (aircraft)

Esperanto

1 entries

helikoptero noun (aircraft)

Estonian

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Faroese

1 entries

tyrla noun (aircraft)

Finnish

3 entries

helikopteri noun (aircraft)
kuljettaa helikopterilla verb (to transport by helicopter)
matkustaa helikopterilla verb (to travel by helicopter)

French

2 entries

hélicoptère noun (aircraft)
héliporter verb (to transport by helicopter)

Galician

1 entries

helicóptero noun (aircraft)

Georgian

2 entries

ვერტმფრენი noun (aircraft)
შვეულმფრენი noun (aircraft)

German

2 entries

Helikopter noun (aircraft)
Hubschrauber noun (aircraft)

Greek

1 entries

ελικόπτερο noun (aircraft)

Greenlandic

2 entries

helikopteri noun (aircraft)
qulimiguulik noun (aircraft)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

直升機 /直昇機 /直升机 noun (aircraft)

Hawaiian

1 entries

helekopa noun (aircraft)

Hebrew

1 entries

מַסּוֹק noun (aircraft)

Hindi

1 entries

हेलिकॉप्टर noun (aircraft)

Hungarian

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Iban

1 entries

bilun engkabang noun (aircraft)

Icelandic

3 entries

kofti noun (aircraft)
þyrilvængja noun (aircraft)
þyrla noun (aircraft)

Ido

1 entries

helikoptero noun (aircraft)

Indonesian

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Interlingua

1 entries

helicoptero noun (aircraft)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

بالْگَرْد noun (aircraft)
هِلیکوپْتَر noun (aircraft)

Irish

2 entries

héileacaptar noun (aircraft)
ingearán noun (aircraft)

Italian

2 entries

elicottero noun (aircraft)
elitrasportare verb (to transport by helicopter)

Japanese

3 entries

ヘリ noun (aircraft)
ヘリコプター noun (aircraft)
螺旋翼機 noun (aircraft)

Jarawa

2 entries

čokogere noun (aircraft)
ŋeŋeŋe noun (aircraft)

Karakalpak

2 entries

tikushar noun (aircraft)
vertolyot noun (aircraft)

Kazakh

1 entries

тікұшақ noun (aircraft)

Khmer

3 entries

អេលីកុបទែរ noun (aircraft)
អេលីកូ noun (aircraft)
ឧទ្ធម្ភាគចក្រ noun (aircraft)

Korean

4 entries

직승기 noun (aircraft)
직승비행기 noun (aircraft)
헬기 noun (aircraft)
헬리콥터 noun (aircraft)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

тик учак noun (aircraft)

Lao

3 entries

ເອລີກົບເທີ noun (aircraft)
ເຮລິຄອບແຕ noun (aircraft)
ເຮລີກົບແຕ noun (aircraft)

Latin

1 entries

helicopterum noun (aircraft)

Latvian

1 entries

helikopters noun (aircraft)

Lithuanian

2 entries

helikopteris noun (aircraft)
sraigtasparnis noun (aircraft)

Livonian

1 entries

helikoptõr noun (aircraft)

Low German (Germany)

2 entries

dwarsmöäle noun (aircraft)
helikopter noun (aircraft)

Low Saxon (the Netherlands)

2 entries

hefskruuvvleegtüüg noun (aircraft)
helikopter noun (aircraft)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Helikopter noun (aircraft)

Macedonian

2 entries

вр́толет noun (aircraft)
хелико́птер noun (aircraft)

Malay

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Maltese

1 entries

ħelikopter noun (aircraft)

Mongolian

4 entries

нисдэг тэрэг noun (aircraft)
эгч нисгэл noun (aircraft)
ᠡᠭᠴᠡ ᠨᠢᠰᠬᠡᠯ noun (aircraft)
ᠨᠢᠰᠳᠡᠭ ᠲᠡᠷᠭᠡ noun (aircraft)

Māori

4 entries

waka hurihuri noun (aircraft)
waka kōporo noun (aircraft)
waka topatopa noun (aircraft)
waka āwhiowhio noun (aircraft)

Navajo

1 entries

bikááʼ náʼoobałí noun (aircraft)

Newar

1 entries

बुइँचाखः noun (aircraft)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

helîkopter noun (aircraft)

Northern Sami

2 entries

helekopter noun (aircraft)
helikopter noun (aircraft)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Occitan

1 entries

elicoptèr noun (aircraft)

Pali

1 entries

vyoma-yānavisesa noun (aircraft)

Pashto

1 entries

چورلکه noun (aircraft)

Polish

2 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)
śmigłowiec noun (aircraft)

Portuguese

1 entries

helicóptero noun (aircraft)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਹੈਲੀਕਾਪਟਰ noun (aircraft)

Quechua

1 entries

pillwinkumpa noun (aircraft)

Romanian

1 entries

elicopter noun (aircraft)

Romansch

1 entries

helicopter noun (aircraft)

Russian

3 entries

вертолёт noun (aircraft)
гелико́птер noun (aircraft)
геликопте́р noun (aircraft)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

helikòpter noun (aircraft)
vr̀tložnjāk noun (aircraft)
ùvrtnjāk noun (aircraft)
вр̀тложња̄к noun (aircraft)

Sicilian

1 entries

elicòttiru noun (aircraft)

Slovak

2 entries

helikoptéra noun (aircraft)
vrtuľník noun (aircraft)

Slovene

2 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)
vijakar noun (aircraft)

Sotho

1 entries

helikopotare noun (aircraft)

Southern Altai

1 entries

вертолёт noun (aircraft)

Spanish

2 entries

autogiro noun (aircraft)
helicóptero noun (aircraft)

Swahili

1 entries

helikopta noun (aircraft)

Swedish

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Tagalog

2 entries

elikoptero noun (aircraft)
helikopter noun (aircraft)

Tajik

2 entries

вертолёт noun (aircraft)
чархбол noun (aircraft)

Tamil

1 entries

உலங்கு வானூர்தி noun (aircraft)

Tatar

1 entries

боралак noun (aircraft)

Thai

1 entries

เฮลิคอปเตอร์ noun (aircraft)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཐད་འཕུར་གནམ་གྲུ noun (aircraft)
ཧེ་ལེ་ཀོབ་ཊར noun (aircraft)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሄሊኮፕተር noun (aircraft)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

helikopta noun (aircraft)

Turkish

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Turkmen

1 entries

wertolýot noun (aircraft)

Ukrainian

2 entries

вертолі́т noun (aircraft)
гелікопте́р noun (aircraft)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

helikopter noun (aircraft)

Urdu

3 entries

دوار سطح طیارہ noun (aircraft)
پنکھ دار طیارہ noun (aircraft)
ہیلی کاپْٹَر noun (aircraft)

Uyghur

3 entries

تىك ئۇچار noun (aircraft)
تىك ئۇچار ئايروپىلان noun (aircraft)
ۋېرتاليوت noun (aircraft)

Uzbek

2 entries

tikuchar noun (aircraft)
vertolyot noun (aircraft)

Vietnamese

3 entries

máy bay lên thẳng noun (aircraft)
máy bay trực thăng noun (aircraft)
trực thăng noun (aircraft)

Volapük

1 entries

tovaskrubian noun (aircraft)

Welsh

1 entries

hofrennydd noun (aircraft)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

直升機 /直昇機 /直升机 noun (aircraft)

Yiddish

1 entries

העליקאָפּטער noun (aircraft)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up and down.

Source: tatoeba (33891)

The helicopter is so useful that someday it may take the place of cars and trains.

Source: tatoeba (33892)

The helicopter is flying very low.

Source: tatoeba (33893)

Tell those people to back off so that the helicopter can land.

Source: tatoeba (33894)

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