Meanings
plural paddle steamers
- nauticalA steam-powered vessel propelled by one or two paddle wheels
By the 1880s, the pretty harbour village of Lynmouth was enjoying an influx of holidaymakers brought by paddle steamers from the likes of Bristol and Swansea.
2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 531 more example
In the second volume of his autobiography, he writes of a journey up the Padma by paddle steamer (built, as it happens, on the river outside my window), where the dry season had exposed many sandbanks...
2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan caixell de paletes
- caixell de paletessteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Czech kolesový parník
- kolesový parníksteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Danish hjuldamper
- hjuldampersteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Dutch raderboot, raderstoomboot
- raderbootsteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
- raderstoombootsteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
- raderschipsteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Esperanto padelŝipo
- padelŝiposteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Finnish siipiratasalus
- siipiratasalussteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
French bateau à roues à aubes
- bateau à roues à aubessteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
German Raddampfer
- Raddampfersteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Greek τροχήλατο πλοίο
- τροχήλατο πλοίο (trochílato ploío)steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Hebrew אוניית משוטה
- אוניית משוטהsteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Japanese 外輪船
- 外輪船steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Korean 외륜선
- 외륜선 (oeryunseon)steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Norwegian Bokmål hjuldamper
- hjuldampersteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Persian کشتی چرخپرهای
- کشتی چرخپرهایsteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Polish statek z napędem kołowym
- statek z napędem kołowymsteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Romanian navă cu zbaturi
- navă cu zbaturisteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Russian колёсный пароход
- колёсный пароход (koljósnyj paroxod)steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Spanish vapor de ruedas
- vapor de ruedassteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Swedish hjulångare
- hjulångaresteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Turkish çarklı vapur
- çarklı vapursteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Ukrainian колісний пароплав
- колісний пароплав (kolisnyj paroplav)steam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Welsh stemar olwyn
- stemar olwynsteam-powered vessel propelled by paddle wheel(s)
Cite this entry
paddle steamer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paddle%20steamer
“paddle steamer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paddle%20steamer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paddle steamer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paddle%20steamer.
Source: paddle steamer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.