afterburner

See also: after-burner

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros

Proto-Germanic *after

Old English æfter

Middle English after

English after

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Old English æfter

Old English æfter-

Middle English after-

English after-

English burner

English afterburner

From after- + burner.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæf.tɚˌbɚ.nɚ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

afterburner (plural afterburners)

1. (aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.

Synonyms

• reheat

Derived terms

• switch on the afterburners

Related terms

• afterburning

Translations

a device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 後燃器 / 后燃器 (hòuránqì), 加力燃燒室 / 加力燃烧室

• Danish: efterbrænder (da) c
• Dutch: naverbrander m, nabrander (nl) m
• Finnish: jälkipoltin (fi)
• Georgian: ფორსაჟის კამერა (porsažis ḳamera)
• German: Nachbrenner (de) m
• Hungarian: utánégető (hu)
• Indonesian: pembakar lanjut
• Irish: iardhóire m
• Japanese: アフターバーナー (afutābānā)
• Malay: pembakar lanjut
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etterbrenner (no) m

• Persian: افتر برنر (after-berner), پس‌سوز (pas-suz)
• Portuguese: pós-combustor m
• Russian: форса́жная ка́мера f (forsážnaja kámera), дожига́тель (ru) m (dožigátelʹ)
• Spanish: postquemador m
• Turkish: artyakıcı