Meanings
plural four-stroke engines
- An engine that operates on the four-stroke principle.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 四衝程循環 /四冲程循环
- 四衝程循環 /四冲程循环 (sì chōngchéng xúnhuán)four-stroke engine
Czech čtyřdobý spalovací motor
- čtyřdobý spalovací motorfour-stroke engine
Danish firetaktsmotor
- firetaktsmotorfour-stroke engine
Dutch viertaktmotor
- viertaktmotorfour-stroke engine
Estonian neljataktiline sisepõlemismootor
- neljataktiline sisepõlemismootorfour-stroke engine
Finnish nelitahtimoottori
- nelitahtimoottorifour-stroke engine
French cycle à quatre temps, moteur à quatre temps
- cycle à quatre tempsfour-stroke engine
- moteur à quatre tempsfour-stroke engine
German Viertaktmotor, Viertakter
- Viertaktmotorfour-stroke engine
- Viertakterfour-stroke engine
Hebrew מחזור ארבע פעימות
- מחזור ארבע פעימותfour-stroke engine
Hungarian Otto-motor
- Otto-motorfour-stroke engine
Icelandic fjórgengisvél
- fjórgengisvélfour-stroke engine
Indonesian putaran empat-tak
- putaran empat-takfour-stroke engine
Irish mótar ceathairbhuilleach
- mótar ceathairbhuilleachfour-stroke engine
Italian motore a quattro tempi
- motore a quattro tempifour-stroke engine
Japanese ４ストローク機関, ４サイクル機関
- ４ストローク機関 (fō sutorōku kikan)four-stroke engine
- ４サイクル機関 (fō saikaru kikan)four-stroke engine
Malay enjin empat lejang
- enjin empat lejangfour-stroke engine
Norwegian firetaktsmotor
- firetaktsmotorfour-stroke engine
Polish silnik czterosuwowy, czterosuw
- silnik czterosuwowyfour-stroke engine
- czterosuwfour-stroke engine
- czterotaktfour-stroke engine
Portuguese motor a quatro tempos
- motor a quatro temposfour-stroke engine
Russian четырёхта́ктный дви́гатель
- четырёхта́ктный дви́гатель (četyrjoxtáktnyj dvígatelʹ)four-stroke engine
Slovak štvortaktný spaľovací motor
- štvortaktný spaľovací motorfour-stroke engine
Spanish motor de cuatro tiempos
- motor de cuatro tiemposfour-stroke engine
Swedish fyrtaktsmotor
- fyrtaktsmotorfour-stroke engine
Turkish 4 zamanlı motor
- 4 zamanlı motorfour-stroke engine
Urdu اربع ضربہ چکر
- اربع ضربہ چکرfour-stroke engine
Cite this entry
four-stroke engine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-stroke%20engine
“four-stroke engine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-stroke%20engine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “four-stroke engine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/four-stroke%20engine.
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