propeller

English

Alternative forms

• propellor

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From propel +‎ -er.

Noun

propeller (plural propellers)

1. One who, or that which, propels.
2. A mechanical device, with shaped blades that turn on a shaft, to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.
3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.

Derived terms

• propeller beanie
• propellerhead

Related terms

• prop
• propulsion

Translations

mechanical device used to propel

• Afrikaans: skroef (af)
• Albanian: helikë (sq)
• Arabic: مروحة (ar) (mirwaḥa) f
• Bulgarian: перка (bg) (perka)
• Catalan: hèlice (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 螺旋槳 (cmn), 螺旋桨 (cmn) (luóxuánjiǎng)

• Czech: vrtule (cs) f
• Danish: propel (da)
• Dutch: schroef (nl), propeller (nl)
• Esperanto: helico (eo)
• Finnish: potkuri (fi), propelli (fi)
• French: hélice (fr) f
• Galician: hélice (gl)
• German: Propeller (de) m
• Greek: έλικας (el) (élikas) m
• Hebrew: מַדְחֵף (he) (madchef) m
• Icelandic: hreyfill (is) m
• Ido: helico (io)
• Italian: propulsore (it) m
• Japanese: プロペラ (ja) (puropera)
• Khmer: កង្ហារ (km) (kong har)
• Korean: 프로펠러 (ko) (peuropelleo)

• Latin: helix (la)
• Latvian: propelleris (lv) m
• Lithuanian: propeleris (lt) m
• Maori: uruuru (mi)
• Norwegian: propell (no)
• Persian: پروانه (fa) (parvâne)
• Polish: śmigło (pl) n
• Portuguese: propulsor (pt), hélice (pt) f
• Quechua: pillinku (qu)
• Romanian: elice (ro) f
• Russian: пропе́ллер (ru) (propéller) m (of an aircraft), винт (ru) (vint) m (of a ship)
• Scots: sparrair
• Slovene: propeller (sl) m
• Spanish: propulsor (es) m
• Swahili: rafardha (sw)
• Swedish: propeller (sv)
• Tagalog: elise (tl)
• Thai: กงพัด (th) (gohngphat)
• Turkish: pervane (tr)
• Vietnamese: cánh quạt (vi)
• Zulu: kulufu (zu)

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Danish

Alternative forms

• propel

Etymology

From English propeller.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /propɛlər/, [pʰʁ̥oˈpɛlˀɐ]

Noun

propeller c (singular definite propelleren, plural indefinite propellere)

1. propeller (mechanical device used to propel)

Inflection

    Inflection of propeller

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	propeller	propelleren	propellere	propellerne
genitive	propellers	propellerens	propelleres	propellernes

Noun

propeller c

1. plural indefinite of propel

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Swedish

Noun

propeller c

1. propeller