helmetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• helmette (廃れた用法)

語源

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 古期英語 helm). Used in English since the 15th century, it has largely displaced helm as the general word.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlmɪt/, /ˈhɛlmət/
• 韻: -ɛlmɪt

名詞

helmet (複数形 helmets)

1. A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.

   Synonym: (古風な用法 または poetic) helm

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter II, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, OCLC 483591931:

     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.

2. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.
   1. The upper part of a chemist's retort.

      Synonym: (廃れた用法) helm

   2. The hood-shaped upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon.
   3. A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird.
   4. (heraldry) The feature above a shield on a coat of arms.

      Synonym: helm

   5. The glans penis.
      1. (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible or stupid person.
         • 2021 September 3, MJowen174, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-01-14:

           Jarvo’s a stinky old helmet.

同意語

• brain bucket, hard hat

派生語

関連する語

• helm

派生した語

• → Swahili: helmeti

動詞

helmet (三人称単数 現在形 helmets, 現在分詞 helmeting, 過去形および過去分詞形 helmeted)

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a helmet.

アナグラム

• Lethem