Meanings
nounbrake pad (plural brake pads)
plural brake pads
- A friction element in a disc brake or rim brake, made from various compounds, often organic, semi-metallic, or ceramic.
Translations
Catalan pastilla de fre
- pastilla de frefriction element in a disc brake
Chinese Cantonese 迫力皮
- 迫力皮friction element in a disc brake
Chinese Mandarin 剎車皮 /刹车皮, 剎車片 /刹车片
- 剎車皮 /刹车皮 (shāchēpí)friction element in a disc brake
- 剎車片 /刹车片 (shāchēpiàn)friction element in a disc brake
Danish bremseklods
- bremseklodsfriction element in a disc brake
Dutch remblok
- remblokfriction element in a disc brake
Finnish jarrupala
- jarrupalafriction element in a disc brake
French plaquette de frein, patin de freins
- plaquette de freinfriction element in a disc brake
- patin de freinsfriction element in a disc brake
- patinfriction element in a disc brake
German Bremsbelag, Bremsklotz
- Bremsbelagfriction element in a disc brake
- Bremsklotzfriction element in a disc brake
Icelandic bremsuklossi
- bremsuklossifriction element in a disc brake
Italian pastiglia, pastiglia dei freni
- pastigliafriction element in a disc brake
- pastiglia dei frenifriction element in a disc brake
Norwegian Bokmål bremsekloss
- bremseklossfriction element in a disc brake
Polish klocek hamulcowy
- klocek hamulcowyfriction element in a disc brake
Romanian plăcuță de frână
- plăcuță de frânăfriction element in a disc brake
Russian тормозная колодка
- тормозная колодка (tormoznaja kolodka)friction element in a disc brake
Spanish pastilla de frenos, balata
- pastilla de frenosfriction element in a disc brake
- balatafriction element in a disc brake
- padfriction element in a disc brake
Swedish bromskloss, bromsback
- bromsklossfriction element in a disc brake
- bromsbackfriction element in a disc brake
- bromsbeläggfriction element in a disc brake
Cite this entry
APA
brake pad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20pad
MLA
“brake pad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20pad. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brake pad,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brake%20pad.
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