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noun, masculine

hélicoptère

/e.li.kɔp.tɛʁ/

noun, masculine/e.li.kɔp.tɛʁ/plural: hélicoptères

helicopter

Related: porte-hélicoptères

From Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “spiral”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). Coined in 1861 by Gustave de Ponton d'Amécourt.