hélice
Portuguese, noun/ˈɛ.li.si/
hélice is spelled H-É-L-I-C-E (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,393rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hélice is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a rotating propeller, such as a ship’s screw or a helicopter’s rotor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “borda exterior do pavilhão auditivo”.
What does hélice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea rotating propeller, such as a ship’s screw or a helicopter’s rotor
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of hélix
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. borda exterior do pavilhão auditivo
noun: 1. peça giratória dotada de pás, usada para propulsão de aeronave, embarcação, torpedo, etc.; pode ter variadas formas e feitios 2. qualquer coisa de forma espiralada 3. parte do ventilador que, constituído por pás perpendiculares que giram em torno de um eixo, produz movimento de ar necessário à refrigeração de um ambiente 4. curva traçada sobre um cilindro ou um cone, pela rotação de um ponto que corta suas secções retas num ângulo oblíquo constante
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hélice
- hélices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hélice?
- Brazil /ˈɛ.li.si/
- Portugal /ˈɛ.li.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hélice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hélice in Portuguese?
hélice appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).