telecopter
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of tele- + helicopter
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]telecopter (plural telecopters)
- A helicopter used by a television news channel to gather footage.
- 2008, Rick Perlstein, Nixonland, New York […] : Scribner, →ISBN, page 3:
- The angle came from a helicopter—KTLA-TV’s “telecopter” was the first of its kind. The utility of the Korean War–vintage Bell 47G-5 with the camera affixed to its belly had so far been mostly prurient: shots of the swimming pool where Marlon Brando’s maid had drowned; of the well that swallowed a darling little girl; of movie stars’ mansions being devoured by brush fires in the Hollywood hills.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tele- + helicopter.
Noun
[edit]telecopter n (plural telecoptere)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | telecopter | telecopterul | telecoptere | telecopterele | |
| genitive-dative | telecopter | telecopterului | telecoptere | telecopterelor | |
| vocative | telecopterule | telecopterelor | |||