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English
Etymology
From propel + -er .
Pronunciation
Noun
propeller (plural propellers )
One who, or that which, propels.
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 .
A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
( fishing ) A spinnerbait .
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
mechanical device used to propel
Afrikaans: skroef
Albanian: helikë (sq) f
Arabic: مِرْوَحَة (ar) f ( mirwaḥa ) , مِدْسَرَة f ( midsara )
Armenian: պտուտակ (hy) ( ptutak ) , պրոպելեր ( propeler )
Azerbaijani: pervane (az) , propeller
Basque: helize
Belarusian: пропе́лер m ( propjéljer ) , вінт m ( vint )
Bulgarian: пе́рка (bg) f ( pérka ) , пропе́лер m ( propéler )
Burmese: ငါးမန်းတောင် (my) ( nga:man:taung ) ( ship ) , ပန်ကာ (my) ( panka )
Catalan: hèlice f
Chechen: бер ( ber )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 螺旋槳 / 螺旋桨 (zh) ( luóxuánjiǎng )
Czech: vrtule (cs) f
Danish: propel (da) c
Dutch: schroef (nl) f , propeller (nl) m
Esperanto: helico (eo)
Estonian: propeller (et)
Faroese: skrúva f
Finnish: potkuri (fi) , propelli (fi)
French: hélice (fr) f
Galician: hélice (gl) f
Georgian: პროპელერი ( ṗroṗeleri )
German: Propeller (de) m , Luftschraube (de) f ( aircraft ) , Schiffschraube f ( ship ) , Schraube (de) f
Greek: έλικας (el) m ( élikas ) , προπέλα (el) f ( propéla )
Hebrew: מַדְחֵף (he) m ( madkhéf )
Hindi: नोदक m ( nodak ) , प्रोपेलर ( propelar )
Hungarian: légcsavar (hu)
Icelandic: loftskrúfa f
Ido: helico (io)
Indonesian: baling-baling (id)
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
Kazakh: пропеллер ( propeller ) , ауа винті ( aua vintı ) ( aircraft )
Khmer: កង្ហារ (km) ( kɑnghaa )
Korean: 프로펠러 ( peuropelleo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: perwane (ku)
Kyrgyz: пропеллер ( propeller )
Lao: ໃບພັດ ( bai phat )
Latin: helix f
Latvian: propelleris m
Lithuanian: propeleris m
Macedonian: пропеле́р m ( propelér )
Malay: baling-baling , bebaling
Maori: hurirere
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сэнс (mn) ( sens )
Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ ( sengse )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: propell m
Pashto: پروانه (ps) f ( parwāna )
Persian: پروانه (fa) ( parvâne )
Plautdietsch: Loftschruw f
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 ) , возду́шный винт (ru) m ( vozdúšnyj vint ) ( aircraft )
Scots: sparrair
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пропѐле̄р m , елѝса f
Roman: propèlēr (sh) m , elìsa (sh) f
Slovak: skrutka f ( of a ship ) , vrtuľa f ( of an aircraft )
Slovene: propeller m
Spanish: propulsor m , hélice (es) f , propela (es) f
Swahili: rafardha
Swedish: propeller (sv) c
Tagalog: elise (tl) , elesi
Tajik: пропеллер ( propeller )
Thai: ใบพัด (th) ( bai-pát )
Tibetan: རླུང་འཁོར ( rlung 'khor )
Turkish: pervane (tr)
Ukrainian: пропе́лер m ( propéler ) , гвинт m ( hvynt )
Urdu: پروپیلر ( propelar )
Uyghur: پروپېللېر ( propëllër )
Uzbek: propeller (uz) , parrak (uz)
Vietnamese: cánh quạt (vi) , chân vịt
Welsh: gwthiedydd m
Zulu: kulufu
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English propeller .
Pronunciation
Noun
propeller c (singular definite propelleren , plural indefinite propellere )
propeller (mechanical device used to propel)
Inflection
Noun
propeller c
indefinite plural of propel
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 )
a propeller
Synonym: aandrijfschroef
Hyponyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
propeller m
indefinite plural of propell
Swedish
Etymology
From English propeller .
Noun
propeller c
propeller
Declension
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