disc brake

English

Noun

disc brake (plural disc brakes)

1. (automotive, British spelling) A type of brake where the friction is produced by brake pads which are pressed against a disc.

Alternative forms

• disk brake

Translations

type of brake

• Dutch: schijfrem (nl) f
• Finnish: levyjarru (fi)
• French: frein à disque (fr) m
• German: Scheibenbremse (de) f
• Greek: δισκόφρενο (el) n (diskófreno)
• Hungarian: tárcsafék (hu)
• Italian: freno a disco (it) m
• Polish: hamulec tarczowy m
• Russian: ди́сковый то́рмоз m (dískovyj tórmoz)
• Swedish: skivbroms c
• Vietnamese: đĩa thắng

References

• “disc brake”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.