axle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæksəl/

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• Rhymes: -æksəl
• Homophones: axel, axil

Etymology 1

From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).

Noun

axle (plural axles)

1. (obsolete) Shoulder.

Etymology 2

From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

Noun

axle (plural axles)

1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

   rear axle

   front axle

   axle grease

   The mechanic replaced the broken axle on the truck.

2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
3. (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.

   the Sun’s axle

Derived terms

• axlebox
• axle box
• axle-box
• axle counter
• axled
• axle-driven
• axle guard
• axle hitch
• axle-hung
• axleless
• axle load, axleload
• axle loading
• axlerod
• axless
• axle stand
• axle tooth
• axle weight
• axleweight
• blind axle
• centre-axle trailer
• crank axle
• cross axle
• dead axle
• driving axle
• interaxle
• kingpin to rear axle
• leading axle
• Muley axle
• stub axle
• trailing axle
• transaxle
• triaxle
• wheel and axle

Translations

the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel — see also wheelset

• Armenian: լիսեռ (hy) (liseṙ)
• Assamese: ডিলামাৰি (dilamari), ধুৰা (dhura)
• Avestan: 𐬁𐬲𐬎𐬱 (āžuš)
• Bashkir: күсәр (küsər)
• Breton: ahel (br) m
• Bulgarian: ос (bg) (os), вал (bg) (val)
• Burmese: ဝင်ရိုး (my) (wang-rui:)
• Catalan: eix (ca) m
• Chuvash: тӗнӗл (tĕnĕl)
• Danish: aksel (da) c
• Daur: tenggel
• Dutch: as (nl), spil (nl)
• Esperanto: akso
• Faroese: aksil m
• Finnish: akseli (fi)
• French: essieu (fr) m
• Galician: eixe (gl) m, eixo (gl) m
• German: Achse (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἄξων m (áxōn)

• Hebrew: סֶרֶן (he) m (seren)
• Hindi: धुरी (hi) (dhurī), अक्ष (hi) (akṣ)
• Hungarian: tengely (hu)
• Icelandic: öxull (is) m
• Indonesian: gandar (id)
• Ingrian: telki
• Irish: acastóir m, ^{(please verify)} aiseal m
• Italian: asse (it) m
• Karachay-Balkar: кёчер агъач sg (köçer ağaç)
• Kazakh: белағаш (belağaş), белдік (beldık), білік (kk) (bılık)
• Khmer: ភ្លៅ (km) (phlɨw)
• Kyrgyz: ок (ky) (ok)
• Latin: axis (la) m
• Latvian: ass (lv)
• Macedonian: осовина f (osovina)
• Malay: gandar roda, gandar (ms)
• Māori: paewīra
• Mongolian: тэнхлэг (mn) (tenxleg)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aksel (no) m

  Nynorsk: aksel m

• Old Norse: ǫxull m
• Persian: محور (fa) (mehvar), آسه (fa) (âse)
• Plautdietsch: Auss f
• Polish: oś (pl) f
• Portuguese: eixo (pt) m
• Romanian: ax (ro) n, osie (ro) f
• Russian: ось (ru) f (osʹ), вал (ru) m (val), шпи́ндель (ru) m (špíndelʹ)
• Sanskrit: अक्ष (sa) m (akṣa)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: осо̀вина f

  Latin: osòvina (sh) f

• Slovak: os (sk) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wós f

  Upper Sorbian: wóska f

• Spanish: eje (es) m
• Swahili: ekseli
• Swedish: axel (sv)
• Tagalog: gargaran
• Tatar: күчәр (tt) (küçär)
• Tocharian B: ṣem
• Turkish: dingil (tr), eksen (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: ایك (iğ), قطب (kutb, kutub), قازیق (kazık)

• Welsh: echel (cy) f
• Yiddish: אַקס f (aks)

a transverse bar or shaft

• Armenian: լիսեռ (hy) (liseṙ)
• Bulgarian: ок (ok)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車軸 / 车轴 (zh) (chēzhóu)

• Danish: aksel (da) c
• Finnish: akseli (fi)
• French: essieu (fr) m
• Galician: eixe (gl) m, eixo (gl) m
• German: Welle (de) f
• Hungarian: tengely (hu)
• Irish: fearsaid f, crann fearsaide m
• Italian: asse (it) m
• Korean: 차축(車軸) (chachuk)
• Macedonian: осовина f (osovina)
• Māori: kakau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aksel (no) m

  Nynorsk: aksel m

• Persian: اکسل (aksel)
• Portuguese: eixo (pt) m, veio (pt) m
• Romanian: ax (ro) n, osie (ro) f
• Russian: ось (ru) f (osʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: осо̀вина f

  Latin: osòvina (sh) f

• Spanish: eje (es) m
• Turkish: şaft (tr)

an axis

• Avestan: 𐬁𐬲𐬎𐬱 (āžuš)
• Bashkir: күсәр (küsər)
• Czech: osa (cs) f
• Danish: akse (da) c
• Dutch: as (nl)
• Esperanto: akso
• Finnish: akseli (fi)
• French: axe (fr) m
• Galician: eixe (gl) m, eixo (gl) m
• Hungarian: tengely (hu)
• Ido: axo (io)
• Italian: asse (it) m
• Latin: axis (la) m
• Latvian: ass (lv)
• Macedonian: оска f (oska)
• Persian: محور (fa) (mehvar), آسه (fa) (āse)
• Polish: oś (pl) f
• Portuguese: eixo (pt) m
• Romanian: ax (ro) n, osie (ro) f
• Russian: ось (ru) f (osʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̑са f (Bosnian, Serbian), о̑с f (Croatian)

  Latin: ȏsa (sh) f (Bosnian, Serbian), ȏs (sh) f (Croatian)

• Spanish: eje (es) m, axis (es) m
• Welsh: echel (cy) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} moueu m (Jersey)

See also

• axle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Axle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Alex, Axel, Lexa, axel

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

axle

1. alternative form of axel

Etymology 2

Noun

axle

1. alternative form of axil