derailleur

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹeɪl(j)ə/
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• General-American: /dəˈɹeɪləɹ/
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Unadapted borrowing from French dérailleur, from dérailler (“to derail”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine agent nouns from verbs). Dérailler is derived from dé- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; off’) + rail (“rail”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h3reǵ- (“to righten; to straighten”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of derailer.

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: desviador — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Czech: přesmykač — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Czech: přehazovačka — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Dutch: derailleur — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Finnish: vaihtaja — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Finnish: etuvaihtaja — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Finnish: takavaihtaja — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• French: dérailleur — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• German: Umwerfer — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• German: Schaltwerk — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Irish: aistreoir slabhra — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Italian: deragliatore — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Norman: dêrâlleux — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Polish: przerzutka — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Portuguese: descarrilador — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Portuguese: desviador — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Russian: переключа́тель (pereključátelʹ) — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Serbo-Croatian: mjenjač — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Serbo-Croatian: menjač — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Spanish: cambio de marchas — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Spanish: descarrilador — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Spanish: desviador — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Swedish: växelförare — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Vietnamese: sang đĩa — mechanism on a bicycle wheel used while cycling to move the bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, to change speeds
• Finnish: vaihteet — entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism
• Polish: przerzutki — entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism
• Serbo-Croatian: mjenjač — entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism
• Serbo-Croatian: menjač — entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism
• Swedish: kedjeväxel — entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism
• Swedish: kransväxel — entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism