turbocharger

English

Etymology

Contraction of turbosupercharger.

Noun

turbocharger (plural turbochargers)

1. inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle), powered from the exhaust air.

Synonyms

• (dated): turbosupercharger
• (dim.): turbo

Derived terms

• e-turbocharger

 

Related terms

• supercharge, turbocharge

Translations

inlet air compressor for an internal combustion engine

• Bulgarian: турбокомпресор m (turbokompresor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 渦輪增壓器／涡轮增压器

• Czech: turbodmychadlo (cs) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: turboahdin (fi)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Turbolader (de) m, Kompressor (de) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: turbosprężarka f
• Romanian: turbocompresor (ro) n
• Russian: турбонадду́в (ru) m (turbonaddúv)
• Spanish: turbo (es) m, turbocargador m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: turboşarj, turbo (tr)

See also

• supercharger