Meanings
plural turboprops
- aeronauticsA type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
- aeronauticsAn aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.
A Horizon Air worker took off Friday night in one of the airline’s Q400 turboprops at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport […]
2018 August 10, Paige Cornwell, Agueda Pacheco-Flores, “Airplane taken from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has crashed”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 30 Aug 20181 more example
Leaders at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are preparing to gather Monday morning to discuss what policies could prevent insider security breaches similar to the Friday night heist of a turboprop plane that later crashed.
2018 August 12, David Gutman, Mike Baker, “Sea-Tac officials, airlines to meet Monday to discuss security protocols after turboprop heist”, in The Seattle Times, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2018
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishturbinebf.
- Ancient Greekτύρβη (túrbē)bor.?
- Latinturba
- Latinturbō, ~binis
- Englishturbo-
- Englishprop
- Englishturboprop
Translations
Catalan turbohèlix, turbohèlice
- turbohèlixtype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- turbohèlicetype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- turbopropulsortype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Chinese Mandarin 渦輪螺旋槳（噴射）發動機 /涡轮螺旋桨（喷射）发动机, 渦槳發動機 /涡桨发动机
- 渦輪螺旋槳（噴射）發動機 /涡轮螺旋桨（喷射）发动机type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- 渦槳發動機 /涡桨发动机 (wōjiǎng fādòngjī)type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Czech turbovrtulový motor, proudovrtulový motor
- turbovrtulový motortype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- proudovrtulový motortype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Dutch turboprop
- turboproptype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Finnish potkuriturbiini
- potkuriturbiinitype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
French turbopropulseur
- turbopropulseurtype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
German Turboprop, Propellerturbine
- Turboproptype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- Propellerturbinetype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- PTLtype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- Propellerturbinenluftstrahltriebwerktype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Greek ελικοστροβιλοκινητήρας
- ελικοστροβιλοκινητήρας (elikostrovilokinitíras)type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Hindi टर्बोप्रॉप
- टर्बोप्रॉप (ṭarboprŏp)type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Italian turboelica, turbopropulsore
- turboelicatype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- turbopropulsoretype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Polish silnik turbośmigłowy, samolot z silnikiem turbośmigłowym
- silnik turbośmigłowytype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- samolot z silnikiem turbośmigłowymaircraft using a turboprop engine
Portuguese turboélice
- turboélicetype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Russian турбовинтово́й дви́гатель
- турбовинтово́й дви́гатель (turbovintovój dvígatelʹ)type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Spanish turbohélice, turbopropulsor
- turbohélicetype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- turbopropulsortype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Vietnamese động cơ tuabin cánh quạt
- động cơ tuabin cánh quạttype of gas-turbine aircraft engine
Cite this entry
turboprop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turboprop
“turboprop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turboprop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turboprop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turboprop.
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