axle
The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheelThe pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
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Meaning
4 sensesThe pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
rear axle
front axle
Achse
осьosʹ, валval, шпи́ндельšpíndelʹ
a shaft on which a wheel rotates
A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
Welle
осьosʹ
(obsolete)Shoulder.
(archaic)An axis.
the Sun’s axle
осьosʹ
Examples
7 sentencesWhat's an axle?
The axle is broken.
ruОсь сломана.
deDie Achse ist gebrochen.
The axle is out of true.
The axle of the car wobbled and would soon cause further damage.
When I started to fix the language, I got wrapped around the axle.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from PrFrom 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),
From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.
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