turboprop

See also: Turboprop

English

Etymology

From turbo- +‎ prop.

Noun

turboprop (plural turboprops)

1. (aeronautics) A type of gas turbine aircraft engine that drives and obtains essentially all thrust from an external (typically unducted) propeller.
2. (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

• propjet

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

aircraft using a turboprop engine

See also

• gas turbine