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turboprop

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: propjet, turbo-propeller plane

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: propeller plane

History

Etymology

From turbo- + prop.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տուրբապտուտակային շարժիչ (turbaptutakayin šaržičʻ) — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Azerbaijani: turbopərvanə — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Catalan: turbohèlix — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Catalan: turbohèlice — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Catalan: turbopropulsor — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 渦輪螺旋槳(噴射)發動機 /涡轮螺旋桨(喷射)发动机 — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 渦槳發動機 /涡桨发动机 (wōjiǎng fādòngjī) — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Czech: turbovrtulový motor — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Czech: proudovrtulový motor — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Dutch: turboprop — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Finnish: potkuriturbiini — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • French: turbopropulseur — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • German: Turboprop — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • German: Propellerturbine — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • German: PTL — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • German: Propellerturbinenluftstrahltriebwerk — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Greek: ελικοστροβιλοκινητήρας (elikostrovilokinitíras) — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Hindi: टर्बोप्रॉप (ṭarboprŏp) — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Italian: turboelica — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Italian: turbopropulsore — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Polish: silnik turbośmigłowy — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Portuguese: turboélice — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Russian: турбовинтово́й дви́гатель (turbovintovój dvígatelʹ) — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Spanish: turbohélice — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Spanish: turbopropulsor — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
  • Vietnamese: động cơ tuabin cánh quạt — type of gas-turbine aircraft engine