autogyro

Meaning

An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.

Synonyms

gyroplane

autogiro

copter

helicopter

🚁

whirlybird

gyrocopter

rotaplane

chopper

Translations

autogire

autogiro

autogiro

Tragschrauber

autogir

helicóptero

🚁

hélicoptère

🚁

autogiro

autogiro

autogyro

أوتوجايرو

hélicoptere

helicoptère

Etymology

From auto- and gyro-, from latinized forms of Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”) and γῦρος (gûros, “circle, gyre”), a variant of earlier Spanish autogiro, from the same roots, coined by Juan de la Cierva c. 1920.