helicoidal

See also: hélicoïdal

English

Etymology

From helicoid +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl

Adjective

helicoidal (comparative more helicoidal, superlative most helicoidal)

1. Synonym of helicoid
   • 2005, Alejandro Lapunzina, Architecture of Spain, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page xlviii:

     The salient characteristics of Isabelline architecture include the use of extravagant formal elements such as helicoidal columns and mixtilinear arches with complete disregard of their tectonic or constructive function in the building, and profuse display of high-relief ornamentation in stone, especially heraldic symbols.

Romanian

Adjective

helicoidal m or n (feminine singular helicoidală, masculine plural helicoidali, feminine and neuter plural helicoidale)

1. Obsolete form of elicoidal.

Declension

Declension of helicoidal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	helicoidal		helicoidală	helicoidali	helicoidale
	definite	helicoidalul		helicoidala	helicoidalii	helicoidalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	helicoidal		helicoidale	helicoidali	helicoidale
	definite	helicoidalului		helicoidalei	helicoidalilor	helicoidalelor

References

• helicoidal in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From helicoide +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elikoiˈdal/ [e.li.koi̯ˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: he‧li‧coi‧dal

Adjective

helicoidal m or f (masculine and feminine plural helicoidales)

1. helical, helicoidal

Derived terms

• helicoidalmente

 

Related terms

• hélice

 

Further reading

• “helicoidal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28