Phrase guide

spare part

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A component of any manufactured goods, kept in reserve to replace one that fails; a spare.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: spare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: component, constituent, element

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِطْعَة غَيَار (qiṭʕa ḡayār) — component kept in reserve
  • Bulgarian: резервна част (rezervna čast) — component kept in reserve
  • Chinese Mandarin: 零件 (língjiàn) — component kept in reserve
  • Chinese Mandarin: 備用零件 /备用零件 (bèiyòng língjiàn) — component kept in reserve
  • Czech: náhradní díl — component kept in reserve
  • Danish: reservedel — component kept in reserve
  • Dutch: reserveonderdeel — component kept in reserve
  • Dutch: reservedeel — component kept in reserve
  • Dutch: wisselstuk — component kept in reserve
  • Estonian: varuosa — component kept in reserve
  • Finnish: varaosa — component kept in reserve
  • French: pièce de rechange — component kept in reserve
  • French: pièce détachée — component kept in reserve
  • German: Ersatzteil — component kept in reserve
  • Greek: ανταλλακτικό (antallaktikó) — component kept in reserve
  • Hungarian: pótalkatrész — component kept in reserve
  • Indonesian: onderdil — component kept in reserve
  • Indonesian: suku cadang — component kept in reserve
  • Italian: ricambio — component kept in reserve
  • Italian: pezzo di ricambio — component kept in reserve
  • Japanese: スペアパーツ (supeapātsu) — component kept in reserve
  • Japanese: 予備パーツ (yobi-pātsu) — component kept in reserve
  • Korean: 예비 부품 (yebi bupum) — component kept in reserve
  • Luxembourgish: Ersatzstéck — component kept in reserve
  • Malay: alat ganti — component kept in reserve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reservedel — component kept in reserve
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reservedel — component kept in reserve
  • Polish: część zapasowa — component kept in reserve
  • Polish: część zamienna — component kept in reserve
  • Portuguese: sobressalente — component kept in reserve
  • Romanian: piesă de schimb — component kept in reserve
  • Russian: запасна́я часть (zapasnája častʹ) — component kept in reserve
  • Russian: запчасть (zapčastʹ) — component kept in reserve
  • Russian: запасна́я дета́ль (zapasnája detálʹ) — component kept in reserve
  • Serbo-Croatian: резервни део — component kept in reserve
  • Serbo-Croatian: rezervni deo — component kept in reserve
  • Serbo-Croatian: rezervni dio — component kept in reserve
  • Spanish: pieza de repuesto — component kept in reserve
  • Spanish: pieza de recambio — component kept in reserve
  • Spanish: repuesto — component kept in reserve
  • Spanish: refacción — component kept in reserve
  • Spanish: retén — component kept in reserve
  • Spanish: recambio — component kept in reserve
  • Swahili: spea — component kept in reserve
  • Swedish: reservdel — component kept in reserve
  • Tagalog: bahaging timbos — component kept in reserve
  • Thai: อะไหล่ (à-lài) — component kept in reserve
  • Ukrainian: запасна́ части́на (zapasná častýna) — component kept in reserve
  • Ukrainian: запчасти́на (zapčastýna) — component kept in reserve
  • Uyghur: لىڭجەن (lingjen) — component kept in reserve