name
Meaning 1
A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
helicon
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlɪkɒn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlɪkən/
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General-American: /ˈhɛlɪkɑn/
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General-American: /ˈhɛlɪkən/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 L IH0 K AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A low-frequency electromagnetic wave observed in various plasmas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bombardon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bass horn, sousaphone, tuba
History
Etymology
Probably from helic- + -on (“augmentative suffix”), from Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ (hélĭx) + -on, after bombardon.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бас-туба (bas-tuba) — large tuba
- Catalan: helicó — large tuba
- French: hélicon — large tuba
- Italian: elicone — large tuba
- Russian: гелико́н (gelikón) — large tuba
- Spanish: helicón — large tuba
- Spanish: bombardón — large tuba
Real reading context