Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic مُسَنَّنَة
- مُسَنَّنَة (musannana)wheel with a toothed rim
Bulgarian зъ́бно колело́
- зъ́бно колело́ (zắbno koleló)wheel with a toothed rim
Catalan roda, roda dentada
- rodawheel with a toothed rim
- roda dentadawheel with a toothed rim
Chinese Mandarin 齒輪 /齿轮
- 齒輪 /齿轮 (chǐlún)wheel with a toothed rim
Czech ozubené kolo
- ozubené kolowheel with a toothed rim
Danish tandhjul
- tandhjulwheel with a toothed rim
Dutch tandwiel, tandrad
- tandwielwheel with a toothed rim
- tandradwheel with a toothed rim
Esperanto dentrado
- dentradowheel with a toothed rim
Finnish hammaspyörä, hammasratas
- hammaspyöräwheel with a toothed rim
- hammasrataswheel with a toothed rim
- rataswheel with a toothed rim
French roue dentée, pignon
- roue dentéewheel with a toothed rim
- pignonwheel with a toothed rim
- engrenagewheel with a toothed rim
German Zahnrad
- Zahnradwheel with a toothed rim
Greek γρανάζι, οδοντωτός τροχός
- γρανάζι (granázi)wheel with a toothed rim
- οδοντωτός τροχός (odontotós trochós)wheel with a toothed rim
Hebrew גלגל שיניים \ גַּלְגַּל שִׁנַּיִם
- גלגל שיניים \ גַּלְגַּל שִׁנַּיִם (galgál shináyim)wheel with a toothed rim
Hindi गरारी
- गरारी (garārī)wheel with a toothed rim
Hungarian fogaskerék
- fogaskerékwheel with a toothed rim
Icelandic tannhjól
- tannhjólwheel with a toothed rim
Indonesian roda gigi
- roda gigiwheel with a toothed rim
Italian ruota dentata, ingranaggio
- ruota dentatawheel with a toothed rim
- ingranaggiowheel with a toothed rim
Japanese 歯車, ギア
- 歯車 (haguruma)wheel with a toothed rim
- ギア (gia)wheel with a toothed rim
Korean 톱니바퀴
- 톱니바퀴 (tomnibakwi)wheel with a toothed rim
Latvian zobrats
- zobratswheel with a toothed rim
Lithuanian krumpliaratis
- krumpliaratiswheel with a toothed rim
Malay gigi roda
- gigi rodawheel with a toothed rim
Māori (wira) nihowhiti
- (wira) nihowhitiwheel with a toothed rim
Norwegian Bokmål tannhjul
- tannhjulwheel with a toothed rim
Polish koło zębate, trybik
- koło zębatewheel with a toothed rim
- trybikwheel with a toothed rim
Portuguese engrenagem, roda dentada
- engrenagemwheel with a toothed rim
- roda dentadawheel with a toothed rim
Romanian roată dințată
- roată dințatăwheel with a toothed rim
Russian шестерня́, шестерёнка
- шестерня́ (šesternjá)wheel with a toothed rim
- шестерёнка (šesterjónka)wheel with a toothed rim
- зу́бчатое колесо́ (zúbčatoje kolesó)wheel with a toothed rim
Scottish Gaelic cuibhle-ghèar
- cuibhle-ghèarwheel with a toothed rim
Slovak ozubené koleso
- ozubené kolesowheel with a toothed rim
Spanish rueda dentada, corona
- rueda dentadawheel with a toothed rim
- coronawheel with a toothed rim
Swedish kugghjul, tandhjul
- kugghjulwheel with a toothed rim
- tandhjulwheel with a toothed rim
- drevwheel with a toothed rim
Tagalog ngiplong
- ngiplongwheel with a toothed rim
Thai เฟือง, ฟันเฟือง
- เฟือง (fʉʉang)wheel with a toothed rim
- ฟันเฟือง (fan-fʉʉang)wheel with a toothed rim
Turkish dişli çark
- dişli çarkwheel with a toothed rim
Ukrainian шестірня́, зубча́сте ко́лесо
- шестірня́ (šestirnjá)wheel with a toothed rim
- зубча́сте ко́лесо (zubčáste kóleso)wheel with a toothed rim
Vietnamese bánh răng, bánh xe răng cưa
- bánh răngwheel with a toothed rim
- bánh xe răng cưawheel with a toothed rim
Welsh olwyn gêr
- olwyn gêrwheel with a toothed rim
Cite this entry
APA
gear wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20wheel
MLA
“gear wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20wheel. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gear wheel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gear%20wheel.
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