rudder

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌdə(r)

Etymology

Old English rōþor (“rudder”), from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“rudder"; literally, "paddle, instrument for rowing”), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną "to row" from Proto-Indo-European *ere-, *rē- (“to row”) + Proto-Germanic *-þrą, *-þraz, instrumental suffix. Akin to Old English rōwan (“to row”). More at rōwan, -þor.

Noun

Wikipedia rudder (plural rudders)

1. (nautical) An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
2. (aeronautics) A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.

Derived terms

• bow rudder

Translations

underwater vane used to steer a vessel

• Arabic: سُكّان (sukkān) m, دَفّة (dáffa) f
• Armenian: ղեկ (ġek)
• Catalan: timó m
• Chinese: 舵 (duò)
• Czech: kormidlo (cs) n
• Danish: ror (da) n
• Dutch: roer (nl)
• Esperanto: direktilo (eo)
• Finnish: peräsin (fi), ruori (fi)
• French: gouvernail (fr) m
• Georgian: საჭე (sač‘e)
• German: Ruder n, Steuer n, Steuerruder n
• Greek: πηδάλιο (el) (pidálio) n
• Hungarian: kormánylapát (hu)
• Italian: timone (it) m

• Japanese: 舵 (ja) (kaji)
• Korean: 키 (ki)
• Latin: gubernāculum (la) n
• Macedonian: кормило (mk) (kórmilo) n
• Maori: urunga (mi)
• Norwegian: ror (no) n
• Portuguese: leme (pt) m
• Romanian: cârmă (ro) f
• Russian: руль (rul’) m
• Scottish Gaelic: stiùir (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: list kormila (sh) m
• Spanish: timón (es) m
• Swedish: roder (sv) n
• Thai: หางเสือ (hăang sĕua)
• Turkish: dümen (tr)
• Welsh: llyw (cy) m

control surface of an aircraft

• Arabic: سُكّان (sukkān) m, دَفّة (dáffa) f
• Armenian: ղեկ (ġek)
• Catalan: timó m
• Chinese: 舵 (duò)
• Czech: kormidlo (cs) n
• Danish: ror (da) n, haleror (da) n, sideror (da) n
• Esperanto: direktilo (eo)
• Georgian: საჭე (sač‘e)
• German: Steuerruder n

• Italian: timone (it) m
• Japanese: 舵 (ja) (kaji)
• Korean: 방향타 (banghyangta)
• Norwegian: ror (no) n, haleror (no) n, sideror (no) n
• Portuguese: leme (pt) m
• Russian: руль поворота (rul’ povoróta) m, руль направления (rul’ napravlénija) m
• Spanish: timón (es) m
• Swedish: roder (sv) n
• Turkish: dümen (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: roer n

See also

• tiller