autogyro

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

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.

Tragschrauber

wiatrakowiec

autożyro

autogiro

أوتوجايرو

hélicoptere

helicoptère

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