Phrase guide

gear wheel

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ɡɪə(ɹ)ʍiːl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɡɪɚ ʍil/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Holonym: gearset
  • Near-synonyms: cog, gear

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cog wheel, cogwheel, cog, gear

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gear, wheel

2

noun

Meaning 2

a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gear, geared wheel, cogwheel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheel

Narrower terms: bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear, escape wheel, pinion, planetary gear, epicyclic gear, planet wheel, planet gear, rack and pinion, spur gear, spur wheel, sun gear, worm gear, worm wheel

History

Etymology

From gear + wheel.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ingranázh — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Albanian: ingranázhi — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Albanian: rrótë e dhëmbëzúar — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Albanian: rróta e dhëmbëzúar — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Arabic: مُسَنَّنَة (musannana) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Armenian: ատամնանիվ (atamnaniv) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Azerbaijani: çarxdiş — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Azerbaijani: dişli çarx — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Belarusian: шасцярня́ (šascjarnjá) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Belarusian: шасьцярня́ (šasʹcjarnjá) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Belarusian: зубча́стае ко́ла (zubčástaje kóla) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Bulgarian: зъ́бно колело́ (zǎ́bno koleló) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Catalan: roda — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Catalan: roda dentada — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Chinese Mandarin: 齒輪 /齿轮 (chǐlún) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Czech: ozubené kolo — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Danish: tandhjul — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Dutch: tandwiel — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Dutch: tandrad — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Esperanto: dentrado — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Faroese: tannhjól — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Faroese: naddahjól — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Finnish: hammaspyörä — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Finnish: hammasratas — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Finnish: ratas — wheel with a toothed rim
  • French: roue dentée — wheel with a toothed rim
  • French: pignon — wheel with a toothed rim
  • French: engrenage — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Galician: engrenaxe — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Galician: piñón — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Galician: roda dentada — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Georgian: კბილანა თვალი (ḳbilana tvali) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Georgian: კბილანა (ḳbilana) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • German: Zahnrad — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Greek: γρανάζι (granázi) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Greek: οδοντωτός τροχός (odontotós trochós) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Hebrew: גלגל שיניים \ גַּלְגַּל שִׁנַּיִם (galgál shináyim) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Hindi: गरारी (garārī) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Hungarian: fogaskerék — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Icelandic: tannhjól — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Indonesian: roda gigi — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Italian: ruota dentata — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Italian: ingranaggio — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Japanese: 歯車 (haguruma) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Japanese: ギア (gia) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Korean: 톱니바퀴 (tomnibakwi) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Latvian: zobrats — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Lithuanian: krumpliaratis — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Macedonian: запченик (zapčenik) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Malay: gigi roda — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Māori: (wira) nihowhiti — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Mongolian: араат хурд (araat xurd) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Mongolian: араат дугуй (araat duguj) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Neapolitan: turnese — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tannhjul — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tannhjul — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Occitan: engranatge — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Occitan: ròda dentada — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Polish: koło zębate — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Polish: trybik — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Portuguese: engrenagem — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Portuguese: roda dentada — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Romanian: roată dințată — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Russian: шестерня́ (šesternjá) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Russian: шестерёнка (šesterjónka) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Russian: зу́бчатое колесо́ (zúbčatoje kolesó) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuibhle-ghèar — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Serbo-Croatian: зупча̀нӣк — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Serbo-Croatian: zupčànīk — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Slovak: ozubené koleso — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Slovene: zobnik — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Spanish: rueda dentada — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Spanish: corona — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Swedish: kugghjul — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Swedish: tandhjul — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Swedish: drev — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Tagalog: ngiplong — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Thai: เฟือง (fʉʉang) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Thai: ฟันเฟือง (fan-fʉʉang) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Turkish: dişli çark — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Ukrainian: шестірня́ (šestirnjá) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Ukrainian: зубча́сте ко́лесо (zubčáste kóleso) — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Vietnamese: bánh răng — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Vietnamese: bánh xe răng cưa — wheel with a toothed rim
  • Welsh: olwyn gêr — wheel with a toothed rim