出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/06/10 19:13 UTC 版)
Clipping of helicopter; see also -copter § Etymology.
copter (plural copters)
copter (third-person singular simple present copters, present participle coptering, simple past and past participle coptered)
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/12/19 17:23 UTC 版)
The clipped form copter predates it, which raises the question of compounding versus affixing, but regardless, it is now widely reanalyzed as a suffix derived from helicopter.
-copter