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helicon

UK/ˈhɛlɪkɒn/US/ˈhɛlɪkɑn/

helicon noun: a large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.

helicon: a large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders
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Noun

helicon (plural helicons)

  1. A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.
  2. A low-frequency electromagnetic wave observed in various plasmas.

Proper noun capitalized: Helicon

Helicon

  1. A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses.

Forms of helicon

pluralhelicons

Origin of helicon

Probably from helic- + -on (“augmentative suffix”), from Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ (hélĭx) + -on, after bombardon.

Words formed from helicon

Questions about helicon

What does helicon mean?
Helicon means a large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.
What part of speech is helicon?
Helicon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce helicon?
Helicon is pronounced /ˈhɛlɪkɒn/ (UK).
What is the plural of helicon?
The plural of helicon is helicons.

Words near helicon in the dictionary

  1. helicoidal
  2. helicoidally
  3. helicoidization
  4. helicoidly
  5. helicoids
  6. helicon
  7. heliconia
  8. heliconiaceous
  9. heliconian
  10. heliconians
  11. heliconias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: helicon (page history and authors); Helicon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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