Helm
//hɛlm//
Translations of "helm" (42 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | πηδάλιον(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | pēdálion | |
| Arabic | دَفَّة(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | daffa | |
| Armenian | ղեկ(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | ġek | |
| Asturian | timón(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Belarusian | рулявы́(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), стырнавы́(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), стырно́(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), шту́рман(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), штурва́л(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | ruljavý, styrnavý, styrnó, štúrman, šturvál | |
| Bulgarian | власт(position of control or leadership), корми́ло(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), кормчи́я(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), рулеви(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), управле́ние(position of control or leadership), щу́рман(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), щурва́л(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | vlast, kormílo, kormčíja, rulevi, upravlénie, štúrman, šturvál | |
| Catalan | timó(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 舵手(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman) | to⁴ sau² | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 舵(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), 舵手(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), 舵輪 /舵轮(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | duò, duòshǒu, duòlún | |
| Czech | kormidlo(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), kormidlovat(to control the helm of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel)), řídit(to control the helm of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel)) | — | |
| Danish | ror(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), ror(position of control or leadership), styrmand(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman) | — | |
| Dutch | helmstok(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), roer(position of control or leadership), roerganger(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), stuurman(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman) | — | |
| Finnish | kippari(position of control or leadership), myrskypilvi(heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain), ohjain(something used to control or steer), ratti(something used to control or steer), ruori(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), ruori(something used to control or steer), ruorimies(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), ruorin käyttö(use of a helm; amount of space through which a helm is turned), levittää(to lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs — see also yelm), olla ruorissa(to control the helm of (a marine vessel); to be in charge of steering (a vessel)), suojata kypärällä(to cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet — see also helmet) | — | |
| French | barre(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), barreur(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), barreuse(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), timonier(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman) | — | |
| Galician | leme(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), temón(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), temón(position of control or leadership) | — | |
| German | Ruder(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), Ruderausschlag(use of a helm; amount of space through which a helm is turned), Steuer(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), Steuerfrau(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), Steuermann(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), Steuerruder(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), Steuerung(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Greek | πηδάλιο(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | pidálio | |
| Hebrew | גַּלְגַל הֶגֶה(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), הֶגֶה(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), יָדִית הֶגֶה(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | galgal hege, hegeh, yadit hege | |
| Hungarian | kormány(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Irish | halmadóir(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Italian | al comando(position of control or leadership), al timone(position of control or leadership), alla guida(position of control or leadership), condottiero(position of control or leadership), duce(position of control or leadership), timone(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), timoniere(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), timoniere(position of control or leadership) | — | |
| Japanese | 舵(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), 舵輪(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | kaji, darin | |
| Kazakh | штурман(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman) | şturman | |
| Korean | 키(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), 타(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), 타륜(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | ki, ta, taryun | |
| Latin | gubernāculum(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Macedonian | власт(position of control or leadership), кормилар(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), кормило(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), кормило(position of control or leadership) | vlast, kormilar, kormilo, kormilo | |
| Malayalam | ചുക്കാൻ(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), ചുക്കാൻ(position of control or leadership) | cukkāṉ, cukkāṉ | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ror(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), styrmann(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ror(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Plautdietsch | Scheppstia(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Polish | ster(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Portuguese | timão(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Romanian | cârmă(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), timonă(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Russian | ко́рмчая(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), ко́рмчий(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), корми́ло(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), корми́ло(position of control or leadership), навига́тор(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), рулево́й(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), шту́рман(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), штурва́л(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | kórmčaja, kórmčij, kormílo, kormílo, navigátor, rulevój, štúrman, šturvál | |
| Scottish Gaelic | failm(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), falmadair(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), stiùir(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), stiùir(position of control or leadership) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | kormìlār(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), kòrmilo(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), ко̀рмило(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), кормѝла̄р(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman) | — | |
| Slovak | kormidlo(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Slovene | krma(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), krmilo(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Spanish | timonel(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), timón(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Swedish | roder(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), roder(position of control or leadership), rorsman(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman) | — | |
| Turkish | dümen(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | — | |
| Ukrainian | керма́нич(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), кермо́(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), кермови́й(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), корми́ло(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), рульови́й(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), стерно́(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel), стернови́й(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), шту́рман(member of a vessel’s crew in charge of steering the vessel — see also helmsman, helmswoman), штурва́л(tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; entire steering apparatus of a vessel) | kermányč, kermó, kermovýj, kormýlo, rulʹovýj, sternó, sternovýj, štúrman, šturvál |
timón
рулявы́, стырнавы́, стырно́, шту́рман, штурва́л
ruljavý, styrnavý, styrnó, štúrman, šturvál
власт, корми́ло, кормчи́я, рулеви, управле́ние, щу́рман, щурва́л
vlast, kormílo, kormčíja, rulevi, upravlénie, štúrman, šturvál
timó
kormidlo, kormidlovat, řídit
ror, ror, styrmand
helmstok, roer, roerganger, stuurman
kippari, myrskypilvi, ohjain, ratti, ruori, ruori, ruorimies, ruorin käyttö, levittää, olla ruorissa, suojata kypärällä
barre, barreur, barreuse, timonier
leme, temón, temón
Ruder, Ruderausschlag, Steuer, Steuerfrau, Steuermann, Steuerruder, Steuerung
kormány
halmadóir
al comando, al timone, alla guida, condottiero, duce, timone, timoniere, timoniere
gubernāculum
ror, styrmann
Scheppstia
ster
timão
cârmă, timonă
ко́рмчая, ко́рмчий, корми́ло, корми́ло, навига́тор, рулево́й, шту́рман, штурва́л
kórmčaja, kórmčij, kormílo, kormílo, navigátor, rulevój, štúrman, šturvál
failm, falmadair, stiùir, stiùir
kormìlār, kòrmilo, ко̀рмило, кормѝла̄р
kormidlo
krma, krmilo
timonel, timón
roder, roder, rorsman
dümen
керма́нич, кермо́, кермови́й, корми́ло, рульови́й, стерно́, стернови́й, шту́рман, штурва́л
kermányč, kermó, kermovýj, kormýlo, rulʹovýj, sternó, sternovýj, štúrman, šturvál
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