helix
/ˈhilɪks/HEE-liks
/ˈhilɪks/HEE-liks
Meaninga spiral
Common meaning: a spiral
- helixa coil, spiralLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 250 · scan
Journey through time
- Greekἕλιξ, ἕλικος‘a coil, spiral’
- Latinuol
- Englishhelix‘a spiral’ · today
helix also in: helicalhelicopter
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek ἕλιξ ‘a coil, spiral’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry ἕλιξ, p. 250 · dictionary scan
Roots
- ἕλιξ, ἕλικος Greek “a coil, spiral”
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