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Helvetica

UK/hɛlˈvɛ.tɪ.kə/

Helvetica proper noun: a popular and influential sans-serif typeface.

Proper noun

Helvetica

  1. A popular and influential sans-serif typeface.
    • The famous double arrow emerged at this time, as did the new Rail Alphabet typeface (basically slightly altered Helvetica) that it still used today for station names and signposts, [...].2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 46

Origin of Helvetica

Borrowed from Latin Helvētica (“Swiss”).

Questions about Helvetica

What does Helvetica mean?
Helvetica means a popular and influential sans-serif typeface.
What part of speech is Helvetica?
Helvetica is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Helvetica?
Helvetica is pronounced /hɛlˈvɛ.tɪ.kə/ (UK).

Words near Helvetica in the dictionary

  1. Helvetia
  2. Helvetian
  3. Helvetians
  4. Helvetic
  5. Helvetic Republic
  6. Helvetica
  7. helveticin
  8. helveticins
  9. helveticoside
  10. helveticosol
  11. Helvetii

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Helvetica (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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