Meanings
noungearbox (plural gearboxes)
plural gearboxes · alternative gear box · alternative gear-box
- An enclosed gear train.
- That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
Similar
gear boxgear case
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian скоростна кутия
- скоростна кутия (skorostna kutija)train of gears
Chinese Mandarin 變速器 /变速器
- 變速器 /变速器 (biànsùqì)train of gears
Czech převodovka
- převodovkatrain of gears
Danish gearkasse
- gearkassetrain of gears
Dutch versnellingsbak
- versnellingsbaktrain of gears
Esperanto rapidumujo
- rapidumujotrain of gears
Estonian käigukast
- käigukasttrain of gears
Finnish vaihdelaatikko, vaihteisto
- vaihdelaatikkotrain of gears
- vaihteistotrain of gears
French boite de vitesse
- boite de vitessetrain of gears
German Getriebe
- Getriebetrain of gears
Greek κιβώτιο ταχυτήτων
- κιβώτιο ταχυτήτων (kivótio tachytíton)train of gears
Hebrew תיבת הילוכים
- תיבת הילוכים (tevát hilukhím)train of gears
Hungarian sebességváltó, sebváltó
- sebességváltótrain of gears
- sebváltótrain of gears
- váltótrain of gears
Icelandic gírkassi
- gírkassitrain of gears
Italian scatola del cambio
- scatola del cambiotrain of gears
Japanese ギアボックス, 変速機
- ギアボックス (giabokkusu)train of gears
- 変速機 (hensokuki)train of gears
Korean 기어박스, 변속기
- 기어박스 (gieobakseu)train of gears
- 변속기 (byeonsokgi)train of gears
Latvian transmisija
- transmisijatrain of gears
Norwegian girkasse
- girkassetrain of gears
Persian گیربکس
- گیربکس (girboks)train of gears
Polish skrzynia biegów
- skrzynia biegówtrain of gears
Portuguese caixa de câmbio
- caixa de câmbiotrain of gears
Romanian cutie de viteze
- cutie de vitezetrain of gears
Russian коро́бка переда́ч, коро́бка скоросте́й
- коро́бка переда́ч (koróbka peredáč)train of gears
- коро́бка скоросте́й (koróbka skorostéj)train of gears
- коро́бка переключе́ния переда́ч (koróbka pereključénija peredáč)train of gears
Spanish caja de cambios, caja de velocidades
- caja de cambiostrain of gears
- caja de velocidadestrain of gears
Swedish växellåda
- växellådatrain of gears
Turkish vites kutusu
- vites kutusutrain of gears
Ukrainian коро́бка переда́ч
- коро́бка переда́ч (koróbka peredáč)train of gears
Vietnamese hộp số
- hộp sốtrain of gears
Cite this entry
APA
gearbox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearbox
MLA
“gearbox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearbox. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gearbox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gearbox.
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