English
Etymology
From turbo- + prop.
Noun
turboprop (plural turboprops)
- (aeronautics) A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
- (aviation) An aircraft that uses a turboprop engine.
2018, “Airplane taken from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has crashed”, in the Seattle Times[1]:A 29-year-old mechanic took off in a Horizon Air Q400 turboprop at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Friday night […]
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
(type of gas-turbine aircraft engine): turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, propfan, fanjet, HBFJ
Translations
type of gas-turbine aircraft engine
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: տուրբապտուտակային շարժիչ (turbaptutakayin šaržičʻ)
- Azerbaijani: turbopərvanə sg
- Catalan: turbohèlix m, turbohèlice m, turbopropulsor m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (full name) 渦輪螺旋槳(噴射)發動機 / 涡轮螺旋桨(喷射)发动机 (wōlún luóxuánjiǎng [pēnshè] fādòngjī), (abbreviation) 渦槳發動機 / 涡桨发动机 (wōjiǎng fādòngjī)
- Czech: turbovrtulový motor m, proudovrtulový motor m
- Dutch: turboprop (nl)
- Finnish: potkuriturbiini
- French: turbopropulseur (fr) m
- German: Turboprop (de) n, Propellerturbine f, PTL n, Propellerturbinenluftstrahltriebwerk n
- Greek: ελικοστροβιλοκινητήρας (el) m (elikostrovilokinitíras)
- Hindi: टर्बोप्रॉप m (ṭarboprŏp)
- Italian: turboelica (it) f, turbopropulsore (it) m
- Japanese: (please verify) ターボプロップエンジン
- Korean: (please verify) 터보프롭 (teobopeurop)
- Polish: silnik turbośmigłowy (pl) m
- Portuguese: turboélice (pt) f
- Russian: турбовинтово́й дви́гатель m (turbovintovój dvígatelʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: turbohélice f, turbopropulsor m
- Vietnamese: động cơ tuabin cánh quạt
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aircraft using a turboprop engine
See also