Meanings
nounpropeller (plural propellers)
plural propellers · alternative nonstandard rare propellor
- One who, or that which, propels.
- A mechanical device with evenly-shaped blades that turn on a shaft to push against air or water, especially one used to propel an aircraft or boat.
The boat is powered by a single propeller.
3 more examples
The plane’s propeller spun rapidly before takeoff.
He repaired the damaged propeller after the storm.
"No motor," Tranny says. "It snag bad." Right. The spiderweb would get wrapped around the propeller.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 361 - A steamboat thus propelled; a screw steamer.
- fishingA spinnerbait.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
Similar
Broader
mechanical device
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans skroef
- skroefmechanical device used to propel
Arabic مِرْوَحَة, مِدْسَرَة
- مِرْوَحَة (mirwaḥa)mechanical device used to propel
- مِدْسَرَة (midsara)mechanical device used to propel
Basque helize
- helizemechanical device used to propel
Bulgarian витло, пропелер
- витло (vitlo)mechanical device used to propel
- пропелер (propeler)mechanical device used to propel
Catalan hèlice
- hèlicemechanical device used to propel
Chinese Mandarin 螺旋槳 /螺旋桨
- 螺旋槳 /螺旋桨 (luóxuánjiǎng)mechanical device used to propel
Czech vrtule
- vrtulemechanical device used to propel
Danish propel
- propelmechanical device used to propel
Dutch schroef, propeller
- schroefmechanical device used to propel
- propellermechanical device used to propel
Esperanto helico
- helicomechanical device used to propel
Estonian propeller
- propellermechanical device used to propel
Finnish potkuri
- potkurimechanical device used to propel
French hélice
- hélicemechanical device used to propel
German Propeller, Luftschraube
- Propellermechanical device used to propel
- Luftschraubemechanical device used to propel
- Schiffschraubemechanical device used to propel
- Schraubemechanical device used to propel
Greek έλικας, προπέλα
- έλικας (élikas)mechanical device used to propel
- προπέλα (propéla)mechanical device used to propel
Hebrew מַדְחֵף
- מַדְחֵף (madkhéf)mechanical device used to propel
Hindi नोदक, प्रोपेलर
- नोदक (nodak)mechanical device used to propel
- प्रोपेलर (propelar)mechanical device used to propel
Hungarian légcsavar
- légcsavarmechanical device used to propel
Icelandic loftskrúfa
- loftskrúfamechanical device used to propel
Indonesian baling-baling
- baling-balingmechanical device used to propel
Italian elica, propulsore (ad elica)
- elicamechanical device used to propel
- propulsore (ad elica)mechanical device used to propel
Japanese プロペラ, 推進器
- プロペラ (puropera)mechanical device used to propel
- 推進器 (suishinki)mechanical device used to propel
Korean 프로펠러, 추진기
- 프로펠러 (peuropelleo)mechanical device used to propel
- 추진기 (chujin'gi)mechanical device used to propel
Latin helix
- helixmechanical device used to propel
Latvian propelleris
- propellerismechanical device used to propel
Lithuanian propeleris
- propelerismechanical device used to propel
Malay baling-baling, bebaling
- baling-balingmechanical device used to propel
- bebalingmechanical device used to propel
Māori hurirere
- hurireremechanical device used to propel
Norwegian Bokmål propell
- propellmechanical device used to propel
Persian پروانه
- پروانه (parvâne)mechanical device used to propel
Polish śmigło, śruba
- śmigłomechanical device used to propel
- śrubamechanical device used to propel
Portuguese propulsor, hélice
- propulsormechanical device used to propel
- hélicemechanical device used to propel
Romanian elice
- elicemechanical device used to propel
Russian пропе́ллер, винт
- пропе́ллер (propéller)mechanical device used to propel
- винт (vint)mechanical device used to propel
- возду́шный винт (vozdúšnyj vint)mechanical device used to propel
Slovak skrutka, vrtuľa
- skrutkamechanical device used to propel
- vrtuľamechanical device used to propel
Spanish propulsor, hélice
- propulsormechanical device used to propel
- hélicemechanical device used to propel
- propelamechanical device used to propel
Swahili rafardha
- rafardhamechanical device used to propel
Swedish propeller
- propellermechanical device used to propel
Tagalog elise, elesi
- elisemechanical device used to propel
- elesimechanical device used to propel
Thai ใบพัด
- ใบพัด (bai-pát)mechanical device used to propel
Turkish pervane
- pervanemechanical device used to propel
Ukrainian пропе́лер, гвинт
- пропе́лер (propéler)mechanical device used to propel
- гвинт (hvynt)mechanical device used to propel
Urdu پروپیلر
- پروپیلر (propelar)mechanical device used to propel
Vietnamese cánh quạt, chân vịt
- cánh quạtmechanical device used to propel
- chân vịtmechanical device used to propel
Welsh gwthiedydd
- gwthiedyddmechanical device used to propel
Zulu kulufu
- kulufumechanical device used to propel
Cite this entry
APA
propeller. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propeller
MLA
“propeller.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propeller. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “propeller,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/propeller.
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