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camshaft en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkæmʃæft/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵembʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos Proto-Germanic *kambaz Proto-West Germanic ᚲᚨᛒᚨ Proto-West Germanic *kamb Old Dutch *kamb Middle Dutch kamp Dutch kamder. English cam English shaft English camshaft From cam + shaft.

Meanings

  1. A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
camshafts Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

crankshaft

Hypernyms

shaft · part · component

Relateds

valvetrain · valve train

Translations (38)

fi nokka-akseli (a shaft fitted with cams) · cy camwerthyd (a shaft fitted with cams) · de Nockenwelle (a shaft fitted with cams) · es árbol de levas (a shaft fitted with cams) · it albero a camme (a shaft fitted with cams) · pt eixo de comando (a shaft fitted with cams) · nb kamaksel (a shaft fitted with cams) · et nukkvõll (a shaft fitted with cams) · sv kamaxel (a shaft fitted with cams) · vi trục cam (a shaft fitted with cams) · ar عَمُود الحَدَبَات (a shaft fitted with cams) · eo kamŝafto (a shaft fitted with cams) · ru распределительный кулачковый вал (a shaft fitted with cams) · nn kamaksel (a shaft fitted with cams) · br marbr meudek (a shaft fitted with cams) · mk брегаста осови́на (a shaft fitted with cams) · tr eksantrik mili (a shaft fitted with cams) · id poros bubungan (a shaft fitted with cams) · ru распредвал (a shaft fitted with cams) · pt árvore de cames (a shaft fitted with cams) · tr kam mili (a shaft fitted with cams) · cy camsiafft (a shaft fitted with cams) · nn kamaksling (a shaft fitted with cams) · nl nokkenas (a shaft fitted with cams) · pl wałek rozrządczy (a shaft fitted with cams) · cs vačkový hřídel (a shaft fitted with cams) · ro ax cu came (a shaft fitted with cams) · da kamaksel (a shaft fitted with cams) · tl tandos-umbok (a shaft fitted with cams) · cmn 凸輪軸 /凸轮轴 (a shaft fitted with cams) · ro arbore cu came (a shaft fitted with cams) · he גַּל זִיזִים (a shaft fitted with cams) · bg разпределителен вал (a shaft fitted with cams) · fr arbre à cames (a shaft fitted with cams) · lt paskirstymo velenas (a shaft fitted with cams) · he גַּל פִּיקוֹת (a shaft fitted with cams) · pl wałek rozrządu (a shaft fitted with cams) · rsk брегаста осовина (a shaft fitted with cams)

wikidata: Q13707