Propeller

//pɹəˈpɛl.ə//

Synonyms for "propeller" (18 found)

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Related words (9)

Noun(1 words)
propellor

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Translations

108 translations across 75 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • skroef noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Albanian

1 entries
  • helikë noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مِدْسَرَة noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • مِرْوَحَة noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Armenian

2 entries
  • պտուտակ noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • պրոպելեր noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • pervane noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • propeller noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Basque

1 entries
  • helize noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • вінт noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • пропе́лер noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • пе́рка noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • пропе́лер noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ငါးမန်းတောင် noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • ပန်ကာ noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Catalan

1 entries
  • hèlice noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Chechen

1 entries
  • бер noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 螺旋槳 /螺旋桨 noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Czech

1 entries
  • vrtule noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Danish

1 entries
  • propel noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Dutch

2 entries
  • propeller noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • schroef noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • helico noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Estonian

1 entries
  • propeller noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skrúva noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Finnish

1 entries
  • potkuri noun (mechanical device used to propel)

French

1 entries
  • hélice noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Galician

1 entries
  • hélice noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Georgian

1 entries
  • პროპელერი noun (mechanical device used to propel)

German

4 entries
  • Luftschraube noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • Propeller noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • Schiffschraube noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • Schraube noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Greek

2 entries
  • έλικας noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • προπέλα noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַדְחֵף noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Hindi

2 entries
  • नोदक noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • प्रोपेलर noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • légcsavar noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • loftskrúfa noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Ido

1 entries
  • helico noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • baling-baling noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Italian

2 entries
  • elica noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • propulsore (ad elica) noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Japanese

2 entries
  • プロペラ noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • 推進器 noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • elesi noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • elisi noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ауа винті noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • пропеллер noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កង្ហារ noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Korean

1 entries
  • 프로펠러 noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • пропеллер noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Lao

1 entries
  • ໃບພັດ noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Latin

1 entries
  • helix noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Latvian

1 entries
  • propelleris noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • propeleris noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пропеле́р noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Malay

2 entries
  • baling-baling noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • bebaling noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • сэнс noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Māori

1 entries
  • hurirere noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • perwane noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • propell noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • پروانه noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Pashto

1 entries
  • پروانه noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Persian

1 entries
  • پروانه noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Loftschruw noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Polish

2 entries
  • śmigło noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • śruba noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • hélice noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • propulsor noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Quechua

1 entries
  • pillinku noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Romanian

1 entries
  • elice noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Russian

3 entries
  • винт noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • возду́шный винт noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • пропе́ллер noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Scots

1 entries
  • sparrair noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • elìsa noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • propèlēr noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • елѝса noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • пропѐле̄р noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Slovak

2 entries
  • skrutka noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • vrtuľa noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Slovene

1 entries
  • propeller noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Spanish

3 entries
  • hélice noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • propela noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • propulsor noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Swahili

1 entries
  • rafardha noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Swedish

1 entries
  • propeller noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • elesi noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • elise noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Tajik

1 entries
  • пропеллер noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Thai

1 entries
  • ใบพัด noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • འཕུལ་འདེད་རླུང་འཁོར noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • འབུད་འཁོར noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Turkish

1 entries
  • pervane noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • гвинт noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • пропе́лер noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Urdu

1 entries
  • پروپیلر noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پروپېللېر noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • parrak noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • propeller noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chân vịt noun (mechanical device used to propel)
  • cánh quạt noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwthiedydd noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Zulu

1 entries
  • kulufu noun (mechanical device used to propel)

Sample sentences

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Jet planes fly much faster than propeller planes.

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The net got entangled in the propeller.

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In outer space there is no atmosphere so turbines and propellers cannot work there. This explains why a rocket works in space but a turbine engine or a propeller does not work.

Source: tatoeba (5325816)

The propeller acts like a rotating wing creating a lift force by moving through the air.

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