noun
Meaning 1
An enclosed gear train.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gearbox
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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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪəbɒks/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɡɪːbɔks/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɡɪjəbɔks/
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Australian: /ˈɡɪəbɔks/
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New-Zealand: /ˈɡiəbɒks/
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/ˈɡɛːbɒks/ East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
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General-American: /ˈɡɪɚbɒks/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Scotland: /ˈɡiɾbɔks/
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Scotland: [ˈɡiːɾbɔks]
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rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)bɒks
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CMU ARPABET: G IH1 R B AA2 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gear box, gear case
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shell, case, casing
History
Etymology
From gear + box.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: sürətlər qutusu — train of gears
- Azerbaijani: ötürmələr qutusu — train of gears
- Bulgarian: скоростна кутия (skorostna kutija) — train of gears
- Chinese Mandarin: 變速器 /变速器 (biànsùqì) — train of gears
- Czech: převodovka — train of gears
- Danish: gearkasse — train of gears
- Dutch: versnellingsbak — train of gears
- Esperanto: rapidumujo — train of gears
- Estonian: käigukast — train of gears
- Faroese: gervikassi — train of gears
- Faroese: girkassi — train of gears
- Finnish: vaihdelaatikko — train of gears
- Finnish: vaihteisto — train of gears
- French: boite de vitesse — train of gears
- Georgian: კოლოფი (ḳolopi) — train of gears
- Georgian: გადაცემათა კოლოფი (gadacemata ḳolopi) — train of gears
- Georgian: სიჩქარეთა კოლოფი (sičkareta ḳolopi) — train of gears
- German: Getriebe — train of gears
- Greek: κιβώτιο ταχυτήτων (kivótio tachytíton) — train of gears
- Hebrew: תיבת הילוכים (tevát hilukhím) — train of gears
- Hungarian: sebességváltó — train of gears
- Hungarian: sebváltó — train of gears
- Hungarian: váltó — train of gears
- Icelandic: gírkassi — train of gears
- Italian: scatola del cambio — train of gears
- Japanese: ギアボックス (giabokkusu) — train of gears
- Japanese: 変速機 (hensokuki) — train of gears
- Khmer: ប្រអប់លេខ (prɑʼɑp leek) — train of gears
- Korean: 기어박스 (gieobakseu) — train of gears
- Korean: 변속기 (byeonsokgi) — train of gears
- Latvian: transmisija — train of gears
- Norwegian: girkasse — train of gears
- Persian: گیربکس (girboks) — train of gears
- Polish: skrzynia biegów — train of gears
- Portuguese: caixa de câmbio — train of gears
- Romanian: cutie de viteze — train of gears
- Russian: коро́бка переда́ч (koróbka peredáč) — train of gears
- Russian: коро́бка скоросте́й (koróbka skorostéj) — train of gears
- Russian: коро́бка переключе́ния переда́ч (koróbka pereključénija peredáč) — train of gears
- Serbo-Croatian: mjenjač brzine — train of gears
- Serbo-Croatian: мењач брзине — train of gears
- Spanish: caja de cambios — train of gears
- Spanish: caja de velocidades — train of gears
- Swedish: växellåda — train of gears
- Turkish: vites kutusu — train of gears
- Ukrainian: коро́бка переда́ч (koróbka peredáč) — train of gears
- Vietnamese: hộp số — train of gears
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