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four-stroke engine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An engine that operates on the four-stroke principle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: four-stroke internal-combustion engine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: internal-combustion engine, ICE

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 四衝程循環 /四冲程循环 (sì chōngchéng xúnhuán) — four-stroke engine
  • Czech: čtyřdobý spalovací motor — four-stroke engine
  • Danish: firetaktsmotor — four-stroke engine
  • Dutch: viertaktmotor — four-stroke engine
  • Estonian: neljataktiline sisepõlemismootor — four-stroke engine
  • Finnish: nelitahtimoottori — four-stroke engine
  • French: cycle à quatre temps — four-stroke engine
  • French: moteur à quatre temps — four-stroke engine
  • German: Viertaktmotor — four-stroke engine
  • German: Viertakter — four-stroke engine
  • Hebrew: מחזור ארבע פעימות — four-stroke engine
  • Hungarian: Otto-motor — four-stroke engine
  • Icelandic: fjórgengisvél — four-stroke engine
  • Indonesian: putaran empat-tak — four-stroke engine
  • Irish: mótar ceathairbhuilleach — four-stroke engine
  • Italian: motore a quattro tempi — four-stroke engine
  • Japanese: 4ストローク機関 (fō sutorōku kikan) — four-stroke engine
  • Japanese: 4サイクル機関 (fō saikaru kikan) — four-stroke engine
  • Macedonian: четирита́ктен мо́тор (četiritákten mótor) — four-stroke engine
  • Malay: enjin empat lejang — four-stroke engine
  • Norwegian: firetaktsmotor — four-stroke engine
  • Polish: silnik czterosuwowy — four-stroke engine
  • Polish: czterosuw — four-stroke engine
  • Polish: czterotakt — four-stroke engine
  • Portuguese: motor a quatro tempos — four-stroke engine
  • Russian: четырёхта́ктный дви́гатель (četyrjoxtáktnyj dvígatelʹ) — four-stroke engine
  • Serbo-Croatian: четверотактни мотор — four-stroke engine
  • Serbo-Croatian: četverotaktni motor — four-stroke engine
  • Slovak: štvortaktný spaľovací motor — four-stroke engine
  • Slovene: štiritaktni motor — four-stroke engine
  • Spanish: motor de cuatro tiempos — four-stroke engine
  • Swedish: fyrtaktsmotor — four-stroke engine
  • Turkish: 4 zamanlı motor — four-stroke engine
  • Urdu: اربع ضربہ چکر — four-stroke engine