Dictionary

propeller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (California) audio
• /pɹəˈpɛl.ɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
• /pɹəˈpel.ə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /pɹəˈpɛl.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English propel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English propeller From propel + -er.

Meanings

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.
   • The plane’s propeller spun rapidly before takeoff.
   • The boat is powered by a single propeller.
   • He repaired the damaged propeller after the storm.
   • "No motor," Tranny says. "It snag bad." Right. The spiderweb would get wrapped around the propeller. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 361:
3. A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
4. A spinnerbait.

Forms

Deriveds

propliner · propeller beanie · propeller shaft · P-factor · propeller head · propellerhead · propellered · fishtail propeller · constant-speed propeller · propellerless · propellerlike · propeller cap

Descendants

пропе́лер · propeller · Propeller · propeller

Relateds

prop · propulsion

Translations (109)

is loftskrúfa (mechanical device used to propel) · ja プロペラ (mechanical device used to propel) · ro elice (mechanical device used to propel) · fi potkuri (mechanical device used to propel) · fo skrúva (mechanical device used to propel) · de Schraube (mechanical device used to propel) · tl elesi (mechanical device used to propel) · de Schiffschraube (mechanical device used to propel) · sh propèlēr (mechanical device used to propel) · lt propeleris (mechanical device used to propel) · sw rafardha (mechanical device used to propel) · lo ໃບພັດ (mechanical device used to propel) · mi hurirere (mechanical device used to propel) · eu helize (mechanical device used to propel) · fa پروانه (mechanical device used to propel) · ru возду́шный винт (mechanical device used to propel) · nl propeller (mechanical device used to propel) · ce бер (mechanical device used to propel) · sk skrutka (mechanical device used to propel) · vi cánh quạt (mechanical device used to propel) · kk ауа винті (mechanical device used to propel) · fr hélice (mechanical device used to propel) · ms baling-baling (mechanical device used to propel) · vi chân vịt (mechanical device used to propel) · pt propulsor (mechanical device used to propel) · ja 推進器 (mechanical device used to propel) · be вінт (mechanical device used to propel) · io helico (mechanical device used to propel) · mn ᠰᠡᠩᠰᠡ (mechanical device used to propel) · az pervane (mechanical device used to propel) · qu pillinku (mechanical device used to propel) · he מַדְחֵף (mechanical device used to propel) · tr pervane (mechanical device used to propel) · hu légcsavar (mechanical device used to propel) · ps پروانه (mechanical device used to propel) · my ပန်ကာ (mechanical device used to propel) · pdt Loftschruw (mechanical device used to propel) · pl śmigło (mechanical device used to propel) · ar مِرْوَحَة (mechanical device used to propel) · hi प्रोपेलर (mechanical device used to propel) · sl propeller (mechanical device used to propel) · hy 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device used to propel) · sq helikë (mechanical device used to propel) · es hélice (mechanical device used to propel) · sv propeller (mechanical device used to propel) · it propulsore (ad elica) (mechanical device used to propel) · es propulsor (mechanical device used to propel) · da propel (mechanical device used to propel) · ky пропеллер (mechanical device used to propel) · pl śruba (mechanical device used to propel) · et propeller (mechanical device used to propel) · nl schroef (mechanical device used to propel) · ar مِدْسَرَة (mechanical device used to propel) · eo helico (mechanical device used to propel) · ota پروانه (mechanical device used to propel) · uk гвинт (mechanical device used to propel) · be пропе́лер (mechanical device used to propel) · tg пропеллер (mechanical device used to propel) · pam elisi (mechanical device used to propel) · ko 추진기 (mechanical device used to propel) · mk пропеле́р (mechanical device used to propel) · zu kulufu (mechanical device used to propel) · tl elise (mechanical device used to propel) · ru винт (mechanical device used to propel) · id baling-baling (mechanical device used to propel) · gl hélice (mechanical device used to propel) · sh elìsa (mechanical device used to propel) · uz parrak (mechanical device used to propel) · la helix (mechanical device used to propel) · pam elesi (mechanical device used to propel) · hy պտուտակ (mechanical device used to propel) · ka პროპელერი (mechanical device used to propel) · pt hélice (mechanical device used to propel) · bo འཕུལ་འདེད་རླུང་འཁོར (mechanical device used to propel) · bg витло (mechanical device used to propel) · bg пропелер (mechanical device used to propel) · it elica (mechanical device used to propel) · th ใบพัด (mechanical device used to propel) · ru пропе́ллер (mechanical device used to propel) · es propela (mechanical device used to propel) · cy gwthiedydd (mechanical device used to propel) · ko 프로펠러 (mechanical device used to propel) · uz propeller (mechanical device used to propel) · cs vrtule (mechanical device used to propel) · ca hèlice (mechanical device used to propel) · my ငါးမန်းတောင် (mechanical device used to propel) · kmr perwane (mechanical device used to propel) · sk vrtuľa (mechanical device used to propel) · bo འབུད་འཁོར (mechanical device used to propel)