"Helm" meaning in English

See Helm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Helm
  1. The only named wind in the British Isles. It blows westward from the Pennine fells over Cumbria and is often accompanied by a line of clouds on top of the hills called the Helm Bar. Synonyms: Helm Wind
    Sense id: en-Helm-en-name-hlc~Toyp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Helms [plural]
Etymology: Two main origins: * English topographic surname for someone who lived by or worked at a temporary shelter for animals, from Middle English helm (“helmet; protection”). * Borrowed from German Helm (“helmet”), metonymic occupational surname for a maker of helmets. Etymology templates: {{wp|+ (surname)}}, {{der|en|enm|helm||helmet; protection}} Middle English helm (“helmet; protection”), {{bor|en|de|Helm||helmet}} German Helm (“helmet”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Helm (countable and uncountable, plural Helms)
  1. (countable) A surname. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Helm-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States.     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in California, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in California, USA
    Sense id: en-Helm-en-name-fLVobe3D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 1 58 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 12 4 43 16 16 2 1 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 3 52 15 15 3 1 3
  3. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Kentucky, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Kentucky, USA
    Sense id: en-Helm-en-name-rE9ABUnf
  4. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
    An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Missouri, United States.     Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
    Sense id: en-Helm-en-name-RZN78j83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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