axle

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• /ˈæksəl/
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• homophone: axil
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From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱs-l-eh2, from *h2eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).

From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: լիսեռ (liseṙ) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Assamese: ডিলামাৰি (dilamari) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Assamese: ধুৰা (dhura) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Avestan: 𐬁𐬲𐬎𐬱 (āžuš) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Bashkir: күсәр (küsər) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Breton: ahel — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Bulgarian: ос (os) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Bulgarian: вал (val) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Burmese: ဝင်ရိုး (wang-rui:) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Catalan: eix — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Chuvash: тӗнӗл (tĕnĕl) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Danish: aksel — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Daur: tenggel — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Dutch: as — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Dutch: spil — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Esperanto: akso — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Faroese: aksil — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Finnish: akseli — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• French: essieu — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Galician: eixe — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Galician: eixo — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• German: Achse — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Ancient Greek: ἄξων (áxōn) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Hebrew: סֶרֶן (seren) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Hindi: धुरी (dhurī) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Hindi: अक्ष (akṣ) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Hungarian: tengely — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Icelandic: öxull — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Indonesian: gandar — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Ingrian: telki — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Irish: acastóir — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Italian: asse — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Karachay-Balkar: кёчер агъач (köçer ağaç) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Kazakh: белағаш (belağaş) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Kazakh: белдік (beldık) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Kazakh: білік (bılık) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Khmer: ភ្លៅ (phlɨw) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Kyrgyz: ок (ok) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Latin: axis — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Latvian: ass — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Macedonian: осовина (osovina) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Malay: gandar roda — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Malay: gandar — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Māori: paewīra — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Mongolian: тэнхлэг (tenxleg) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Norwegian Bokmål: aksel — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aksel — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Old Norse: ǫxull — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Persian: محور (mehvar) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Persian: آسه (âse) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Plautdietsch: Auss — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Polish: oś — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Portuguese: eixo — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Romanian: ax — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Romanian: osie — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Russian: ось (osʹ) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Russian: вал (val) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Russian: шпи́ндель (špíndelʹ) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Sanskrit: अक्ष (akṣa) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Serbo-Croatian: осо̀вина — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Serbo-Croatian: osòvina — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Slovak: os — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Lower Sorbian: wós — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Upper Sorbian: wóska — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Spanish: eje — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Swahili: ekseli — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Swedish: axel — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Tagalog: gargaran — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Tatar: күчәр (küçär) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Tocharian B: ṣem — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Turkish: dingil — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Turkish: eksen — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Ottoman Turkish: ایك (iğ) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Ottoman Turkish: قطب (kutb, kutub) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیق (kazık) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Welsh: echel — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Yiddish: אַקס (aks) — the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel
• Armenian: լիսեռ (liseṙ) — a transverse bar or shaft
• Bulgarian: ок (ok) — a transverse bar or shaft
• Chinese Mandarin: 車軸 /车轴 (chēzhóu) — a transverse bar or shaft
• Danish: aksel — a transverse bar or shaft
• Finnish: akseli — a transverse bar or shaft
• French: essieu — a transverse bar or shaft
• Galician: eixe — a transverse bar or shaft
• Galician: eixo — a transverse bar or shaft
• German: Welle — a transverse bar or shaft
• Hungarian: tengely — a transverse bar or shaft
• Irish: fearsaid — a transverse bar or shaft
• Irish: crann fearsaide — a transverse bar or shaft
• Italian: asse — a transverse bar or shaft
• Korean: 차축 (chachuk) — a transverse bar or shaft
• Macedonian: осовина (osovina) — a transverse bar or shaft
• Māori: kakau — a transverse bar or shaft
• Norwegian Bokmål: aksel — a transverse bar or shaft
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aksel — a transverse bar or shaft
• Persian: اکسل (aksel) — a transverse bar or shaft
• Portuguese: eixo — a transverse bar or shaft
• Portuguese: veio — a transverse bar or shaft
• Romanian: ax — a transverse bar or shaft
• Romanian: osie — a transverse bar or shaft
• Russian: ось (osʹ) — a transverse bar or shaft
• Serbo-Croatian: осо̀вина — a transverse bar or shaft
• Serbo-Croatian: osòvina — a transverse bar or shaft
• Spanish: eje — a transverse bar or shaft
• Turkish: şaft — a transverse bar or shaft
• Avestan: 𐬁𐬲𐬎𐬱 (āžuš) — an axis
• Bashkir: күсәр (küsər) — an axis
• Czech: osa — an axis
• Danish: akse — an axis
• Dutch: as — an axis
• Esperanto: akso — an axis
• Finnish: akseli — an axis
• French: axe — an axis
• Galician: eixe — an axis
• Galician: eixo — an axis
• Hungarian: tengely — an axis
• Ido: axo — an axis
• Italian: asse — an axis
• Latin: axis — an axis
• Latvian: ass — an axis
• Macedonian: оска (oska) — an axis
• Persian: محور (mehvar) — an axis
• Persian: آسه (āse) — an axis
• Polish: oś — an axis
• Portuguese: eixo — an axis
• Romanian: ax — an axis
• Romanian: osie — an axis
• Russian: ось (osʹ) — an axis
• Serbo-Croatian: о̑са — an axis
• Serbo-Croatian: о̑с — an axis
• Serbo-Croatian: ȏsa — an axis
• Serbo-Croatian: ȏs — an axis
• Spanish: eje — an axis
• Spanish: axis — an axis
• Welsh: echel — an axis