driveshaft

See also: drive shaft

English

Alternative forms

• drive shaft

Etymology

From drive +‎ shaft.

Noun

driveshaft (plural driveshafts)

1. A shaft used to transmit rotary motion.

   The driveshaft of an automobile transfers power from the engine to the wheels.

   A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump.

Synonyms

• cardan shaft
• propeller shaft

Translations

a shaft used to transmit rotary motion

• Arabic: عَمُود الدَّوَرَان m (ʕamūd ad-dawarān)
• Danish: drivaksel c
• Finnish: vetoakseli (fi)
• French: arbre (fr) m
• German: Antriebswelle f, Kardanwelle f
• Macedonian: вратило n (vratilo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: drivaksel (no) m

  Nynorsk: drivaksel m, drivaksling m

• Plautdietsch: Dreiwscheft f
• Portuguese: eixo acionador m, eixo motor m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вра̀тило

  Roman: vràtilo (sh)

• Spanish: árbol motor m, eje transmisor m, eje accionante m
• Swedish: drivaxel c

See also

• driveshaft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:driveshafts on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons