hélicoïdal
French, adjective\e.li.kɔ.i.dal\
hélicoïdal is spelled H-É-L-I-C-O-Ï-D-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 90,544th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hélicoïdal is a French adjective meaning “helicoidal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En forme d’hélice, disposé en hélice, en colimaçon”.
What does hélicoïdal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
helicoidal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. En forme d’hélice, disposé en hélice, en colimaçon. 2. Formé de la combinaison d’une translation et d’une rotation autour d’un axe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hélicoïdal
- hélicoïdale feminine
- hélicoïdaux masculine plural
- hélicoïdales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hélicoïdal?
- \e.li.kɔ.i.dal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hélicoïdal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hélicoïdal in French?
hélicoïdal appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).