Dictionary

turboprop en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English turbinebf. Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.? Latin turba Latin -ō Latin turbō, ~binisder. English turbo- English prop English turboprop From turbo- + prop.

Meanings

1. A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
2. An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.
   • A Horizon Air worker took off Friday night in one of the airline’s Q400 turboprops at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport […] 2018 August 10, Paige Cornwell, Agueda Pacheco-Flores, “Airplane taken from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has crashed”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2018:
   • Leaders at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are preparing to gather Monday morning to discuss what policies could prevent insider security breaches similar to the Friday night heist of a turboprop plane that later crashed. 2018 August 12, David Gutman, Mike Baker, “Sea-Tac officials, airlines to meet Monday to discuss security protocols after turboprop heist”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2018:

Forms

Coordinates

turbojet (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · HBFJ (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · turboshaft (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · turbofan (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · fanjet (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · propfan (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)

Deriveds

turbopropped

Relateds

gas turbine

Synonyms

propjet

Translations (26)

hy տուրբապտուտակային շարժիչ (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · vi động cơ tuabin cánh quạt (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · es turbohélice (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · cs proudovrtulový motor (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · es turbopropulsor (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · hi टर्बोप्रॉप (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · fi potkuriturbiini (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · de PTL (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · it turboelica (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · el ελικοστροβιλοκινητήρας (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · ca turbopropulsor (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · fr turbopropulseur (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · ru турбовинтово́й дви́гатель (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · cmn 渦輪螺旋槳（噴射）發動機 /涡轮螺旋桨（喷射）发动机 (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · ca turbohèlix (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · de Turboprop (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · it turbopropulsore (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · de Propellerturbine (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · pt turboélice (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · ca turbohèlice (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · cs turbovrtulový motor (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · nl turboprop (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · de Propellerturbinenluftstrahltriebwerk (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · az turbopərvanə (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · pl silnik turbośmigłowy (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine) · cmn 渦槳發動機 /涡桨发动机 (type of gas-turbine aircraft engine)