axle

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæksəl/
  • Rhymes: -æksəl
  • Homophones: axel, axil

Etymology 1

From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axle”). Cognate with East Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”), 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 öxull.

Noun

axle (plural axles)

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

Etymology 1

From Old English eaxl.

Noun

axle

  1. Alternative form of axel

Etymology 2

A conflation of Old English eax and Old Norse öxull.

Noun

axle

  1. Alternative form of axil
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