Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA belt (specifically, a cogged belt) which connects the crankshaft and the camshaft of an engine, synchronizing the operation of the inlet and exhaust valves.
Translations
Danish tandrem
- tandrema part of an internal combustion engine
Estonian hammasrihm
- hammasrihma part of an internal combustion engine
Finnish jakohihna
- jakohihnaa part of an internal combustion engine
French courroie de distribution
- courroie de distributiona part of an internal combustion engine
German Zahnriemen, Synchronriemen
- Zahnriemena part of an internal combustion engine
- Synchronriemena part of an internal combustion engine
- Steuerriemena part of an internal combustion engine
Icelandic tímareim
- tímareima part of an internal combustion engine
Italian cinghio di distribuzione
- cinghio di distribuzionea part of an internal combustion engine
Lithuanian paskirstymo diržas, pagrindinis diržas
- paskirstymo diržasa part of an internal combustion engine
- pagrindinis diržasa part of an internal combustion engine
Norwegian Bokmål registerreim
- registerreima part of an internal combustion engine
Polish pasek rozrządu
- pasek rozrządua part of an internal combustion engine
Spanish correa de distribución, banda de distribución
- correa de distribucióna part of an internal combustion engine
- banda de distribucióna part of an internal combustion engine
- banda dentadaa part of an internal combustion engine
Swedish kamrem
- kamrema part of an internal combustion engine
Cite this entry
APA
timing belt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timing%20belt
MLA
“timing belt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timing%20belt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “timing belt,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timing%20belt.
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