propulsion

See also: propulsión

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin propulsio, propulsionis, from the past participle of Latin propello (“to drive forward, drive forth, drive away, drive out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpʌlʃən/

• Audio (southern England)

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Noun

propulsion (countable and uncountable, plural propulsions)

1. The action of driving or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.

Related terms

• propel

Translations

the action of driving or pushing

• Bulgarian: задвижване (bg) n (zadvižvane)
• Catalan: propulsió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動力／动力 (zh) (dònglì), 推進力／推进力 (zh) (tuījīnlì)

• Dutch: voortstuwing (nl) f
• Finnish: työntövoima (fi), propulsio
• French: propulsion (fr) f
• Galician: propulsión f
• German: Antrieb (de) m
• Hindi: प्रवृत्ति (hi) f (pravŕtti)
• Hungarian: meghajtás (hu)
• Japanese: 推力 (suiryoku)
• Portuguese: propulsão (pt) f
• Romanian: propulsare (ro) f, propulsie (ro) f
• Russian: дви́жущая си́ла (ru) f (dvížuščaja síla), пропу́льсия f (propúlʹsija)
• Scottish Gaelic: sparradh m
• Sindhi: ڌُوڪَ‎ (sd) (Dhooka)
• Spanish: propulsión (es) f

Further reading

• propulsion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin propulsiōnem, from Latin propulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.pyl.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

propulsion f (plural propulsions)

1. propulsion [from 1640]

Related terms

• autopropulsion
• propulser
• propulseur
• propulsif

 

Further reading

• “propulsion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.