propeller

See also: Propeller

English

Alternative forms

• propellor (rare, nonstandard)

Etymology

From propel +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

propeller (plural propellers)

1. One who, or that which, propels.
2. A mechanical device with evenly-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.
4. (fishing) A spinnerbait.

Derived terms

• propeller beanie
• propellerhead

Related terms

• prop
• propulsion

Translations

mechanical device used to propel

• Afrikaans: skroef
• Albanian: helikë (sq)
• Arabic: مِرْوَحَة f (mirwaḥa)
• Armenian: պտուտակ (hy) (ptutak)
• Bulgarian: перка (perka)
• Catalan: hèlice f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 螺旋槳／螺旋桨 (zh) (luóxuánjiǎng), 螺旋桨 (zh) (luóxuánjiǎng)

• Czech: vrtule f
• Danish: propel (da)
• Dutch: schroef (nl), propeller (nl)
• Esperanto: helico (eo)
• Faroese: skrúva f
• Finnish: potkuri (fi), propelli (fi)
• French: hélice (fr) f
• Galician: hélice (gl)
• German: Propeller (de) m
• Greek: έλικας (el) m (élikas), προπέλα (el) f (propéla)
• Hebrew: מַדְחֵף (he) m (madchef)
• Icelandic: hreyfill (is) m
• Ido: helico (io)
• Italian: elica (it) f, propulsore (ad elica) m
• Japanese: プロペラ (ja) (puropera), 推進器 (すいしんき, suishinki)
• Kapampangan: elesi, elisi
• Khmer: កង្ហារ (km) (kong har)
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• Korean: 프로펠러 (peuropelleo)
• Latin: helix
• Latvian: propelleris m
• Lithuanian: propeleris m
• Malay: baling-baling
• Maori: uruuru
• Norwegian: propell
• Persian: پروانه (fa) (parvâne)
• Polish: śmigło (pl) n, śruba (pl) f
• Portuguese: propulsor (pt), hélice (pt) f
• Quechua: pillinku
• Romanian: elice (ro) f
• Russian: пропе́ллер (ru) m (propéller) (of an aircraft), винт (ru) m (vint) (of a ship)
• Scots: sparrair
• Slovak: skrutka f (of a ship), vrtuľa f (of an aircraft)
• Slovene: propeller m
• Spanish: propulsor m, hélice (es) f
• Swahili: rafardha
• Swedish: propeller (sv)
• Tagalog: elise (tl), elesi
• Thai: ใบพัด (th) (bai-pát)
• Tibetan: རླུང་འཁོར (rlung 'khor)
• Turkish: pervane (tr)
• Vietnamese: cánh quạt
• Zulu: kulufu

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Danish

Alternative forms

• propel

Etymology

Borrowed from English propeller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /propɛlər/, [pʰʁ̥oˈpɛlˀɐ]

Noun

propeller c (singular definite propelleren, plural indefinite propellere)

1. propeller (mechanical device used to propel)

Inflection

Declension of propeller

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

Noun

propeller c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of propel

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English propeller.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌproːˈpɛ.lər/
• Hyphenation: pro‧pel‧ler
• Rhymes: -ɛlər

Noun

propeller m (plural propellers, diminutive propellertje n)

1. A propeller.

   Synonym: aandrijfschroef

Hyponyms

• bootschroef
• luchtschroef
• scheepsschroef
• vliegtuigschroef
• wiek

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

propeller m

1. indefinite plural of propell

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Swedish

Noun

propeller c

1. propeller