Phrase guide

steam turbine

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A system of angled and shaped blades arranged on a rotor through which steam is passed to generate rotational energy. Today, normally used in power stations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: turbine

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عنفة بخارية — system through which steam is passed
  • Armenian: շոգետուրբին (šogeturbin) — system through which steam is passed
  • Basque: lurrun-turbina — system through which steam is passed
  • Bengali: বাষ্পীয় টার্বাইন (baśpiẏo ṭarbain) — system through which steam is passed
  • Bulgarian: парна турбина (parna turbina) — system through which steam is passed
  • Catalan: turbina de vapor — system through which steam is passed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒸汽渦輪發動機 /蒸汽涡轮发动机 — system through which steam is passed
  • Czech: parní turbína — system through which steam is passed
  • Danish: dampturbine — system through which steam is passed
  • Dutch: stoomturbine — system through which steam is passed
  • Estonian: auruturbiin — system through which steam is passed
  • Finnish: höyryturbiini — system through which steam is passed
  • French: turbine à vapeur — system through which steam is passed
  • West-Frisian: stoomturbine — system through which steam is passed
  • Galician: turbina de vapor — system through which steam is passed
  • German: Dampfturbine — system through which steam is passed
  • Greek: ατμοστρόβιλος (atmostróvilos) — system through which steam is passed
  • Hebrew: טוּרְבִּינַת קִיטוֹר (turbinat kitor) — system through which steam is passed
  • Hindi: भाप टरबाइन (bhāp ṭarbāin) — system through which steam is passed
  • Hungarian: gőzturbina — system through which steam is passed
  • Ido: vaporoturbino — system through which steam is passed
  • Indonesian: turbin uap — system through which steam is passed
  • Irish: tuirbín gaile — system through which steam is passed
  • Italian: turbina a vapore — system through which steam is passed
  • Japanese: 蒸気タービン — system through which steam is passed
  • Kazakh: бу турбинасы (bu turbinasy) — system through which steam is passed
  • Korean: 증기 터빈 (jeunggi teobin) — system through which steam is passed
  • Lithuanian: garo turbina — system through which steam is passed
  • Malay: turbin stim — system through which steam is passed
  • Navajo: siil béésh náyoołbaał — system through which steam is passed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dampturbin — system through which steam is passed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dampturbin — system through which steam is passed
  • Persian: توربین بخار — system through which steam is passed
  • Polish: turbina parowa — system through which steam is passed
  • Portuguese: turbina a vapor — system through which steam is passed
  • Romanian: turbină cu abur — system through which steam is passed
  • Russian: парова́я турби́на (parovája turbína) — system through which steam is passed
  • Russian: паротурби́на (paroturbína) — system through which steam is passed
  • Serbo-Croatian: parna turbina — system through which steam is passed
  • Sinhalese: වාෂ්ප ටර්බයිනය (wāṣpa ṭarbayinaya) — system through which steam is passed
  • Slovak: parná turbína — system through which steam is passed
  • Slovene: parna turbina — system through which steam is passed
  • Spanish: turbina de vapor — system through which steam is passed
  • Swedish: ångturbin — system through which steam is passed
  • Tamil: நீராவிச்சுழலி (nīrāviccuḻali) — system through which steam is passed
  • Thai: กังหันไอน้ํา (gang-hǎn-ai-náam) — system through which steam is passed
  • Turkish: buhar türbini — system through which steam is passed
  • Ukrainian: парова турбіна (parova turbina) — system through which steam is passed
  • Uzbek: bugʻ turbinasi — system through which steam is passed
  • Vietnamese: động cơ tuốc bin hơi nước — system through which steam is passed