rudder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌdəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɹʌdəː]
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• General-American: /ˈɹʌdɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈɹʌ̈dɚ] ~ [ˈɹʌ̈dɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ʌdə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: R AH1 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1reh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1roh1-(ye-)-tider. Proto-Germanic *rōaną Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Germanic *-þrą Proto-Germanic *rōþrą Proto-West Germanic *rōþr Old English rōþor Middle English rother English rudder From Middle English rodder, rother, ruder, from Old English rōþor (“oar, rudder”), from Proto-West Germanic *rōþr, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“oar, rudder”) (compare Dutch and West Frisian roer, German Ruder), from Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h1reh1- (“to row”) + Proto-Germanic *-þrą, *-þraz, instrumental suffix. Akin to Old English rōwan (“to row”). More at rōwan, -þor.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: timon — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Arabic: دَفَّة (daffa) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Arabic: سُكَّان (sukkān) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Arabic: دمان (dmān) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Armenian: ղեկ (ġek) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Belarusian: руль (rulʹ) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Central Bikol: ugit — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Bulgarian: рул (rul) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Bulgarian: кормило (kormilo) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Catalan: timó — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 舵 (duò) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 船舵 (chuánduò) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Czech: kormidlo — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Danish: ror — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Dutch: roer — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Esperanto: direktilo — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Esperanto: rudro — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Finnish: peräsin — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• French: gouvernail — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• French: safran — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Friulian: tamon — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Galician: leme — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Galician: temón — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Galician: peltre — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Georgian: საჭე (sač̣e) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• German: Ruder — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• German: Steuer — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• German: Steuerruder — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Greek: πηδάλιο (pidálio) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Ancient Greek: πηδάλιον (pēdálion) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Hindi: अरित्र (aritra) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Hindi: पतवार (patvār) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Hungarian: kormánylapát — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Indonesian: daun kemudi — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Indonesian: kemudi sepak — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Italian: timone — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Italian: timone orizzontale — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Japanese: 舵 (kaji) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Javanese: setir — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Korean: 키 (ki) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Latin: gubernāculum — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Macedonian: кормило (kormilo) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Malay: rudder — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Māori: urunga — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Māori: urungi — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Norwegian Bokmål: ror — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ror — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Persian: خلاشه (xalâše) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Persian: سکان (sokân) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Plautdietsch: Scheppstia — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Polish: ster — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Portuguese: leme — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Romanian: cârmă — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Russian: руль (rulʹ) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Russian: корми́ло (kormílo) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Sardinian: timona — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Sardinian: timone — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Sardinian: timoni — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Scottish Gaelic: stiùir — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: кормило — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Serbo-Croatian: kormilo — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Sicilian: timuni — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Slovak: kormidlo — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Slovene: krmilo — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Spanish: timón — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Spanish: gobernalle — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Swahili: usukani — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Swedish: roder — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Thai: หางเสือ (hǎang-sʉ̌ʉa) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Thai: หางเสือเรือ (hǎang-sʉ̌ʉa-rʉʉa) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Turkish: dümen — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Ottoman Turkish: دومن (dümen) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Ukrainian: руль (rulʹ) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Ukrainian: стерно́ (sternó) — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Venetan: timón — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Vietnamese: bánh lái — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Welsh: llyw — underwater vane used to steer a vessel
• Arabic: سُكَّان (sukkān) — control surface of an aircraft
• Arabic: دَفَّة (daffa) — control surface of an aircraft
• Armenian: ղեկ (ġek) — control surface of an aircraft
• Breton: stalaf — control surface of an aircraft
• Catalan: timó — control surface of an aircraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 舵 (duò) — control surface of an aircraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 方向舵 (fāngxiàngduò) — control surface of an aircraft
• Czech: kormidlo — control surface of an aircraft
• Danish: ror — control surface of an aircraft
• Danish: haleror — control surface of an aircraft
• Danish: sideror — control surface of an aircraft
• Dutch: roer — control surface of an aircraft
• Esperanto: direktilo — control surface of an aircraft
• Estonian: pöördetüür — control surface of an aircraft
• Finnish: peräsin — control surface of an aircraft
• Finnish: sivuperäsin — control surface of an aircraft
• French: gouverne — control surface of an aircraft
• Georgian: საჭე (sač̣e) — control surface of an aircraft
• German: Steuerruder — control surface of an aircraft
• German: Ruder — control surface of an aircraft
• Greek: πηδάλιο (pidálio) — control surface of an aircraft
• Indonesian: kemudi arah — control surface of an aircraft
• Italian: timone — control surface of an aircraft
• Italian: timone di coda — control surface of an aircraft
• Italian: timone di profondità — control surface of an aircraft
• Italian: timone di direzione — control surface of an aircraft
• Japanese: 舵 (kaji) — control surface of an aircraft
• Japanese: 方向舵 (hōkōda) — control surface of an aircraft
• Korean: 방향타 (banghyangta) — control surface of an aircraft
• Norwegian: ror — control surface of an aircraft
• Norwegian: haleror — control surface of an aircraft
• Norwegian: sideror — control surface of an aircraft
• Polish: ster kierunku — control surface of an aircraft
• Portuguese: leme — control surface of an aircraft
• Russian: руль поворо́та (rulʹ povoróta) — control surface of an aircraft
• Russian: руль направле́ния (rulʹ napravlénija) — control surface of an aircraft
• Spanish: timón — control surface of an aircraft
• Spanish: gobernalle — control surface of an aircraft
• Swedish: roder — control surface of an aircraft
• Thai: หางเสือเลี้ยว (hǎang-sʉ̌ʉa-líao) — control surface of an aircraft
• Turkish: dümen — control surface of an aircraft