"derailleur" meaning in English

See derailleur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌdəˈɹeɪl.jə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdiˈɹeɪl.jə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdəˈɹeɪ.lɚ/ [General-American], /ˌdiˈɹeɪ.lɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-derailleur.wav Forms: derailleurs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French dérailleur. Doublet of derailer. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|dérailleur}} French dérailleur, {{doublet|en|derailer}} Doublet of derailer Head templates: {{en-noun}} derailleur (plural derailleurs)
  1. The mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another. Categories (topical): Bicycle parts, Cycling
    Sense id: en-derailleur-en-noun-JeqRGkd4 Disambiguation of Bicycle parts: 84 16 Disambiguation of Cycling: 89 11
  2. The entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism. Translations (gearset): vaihteet [plural] (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dérailleur, derailer [uncommon] Translations (mechanism): desviador [masculine] (Catalan), přehazovačka (english: rear derailleur) [feminine] (Czech), přesmykač (english: front derailleur) [masculine] (Czech), derailleur [masculine] (Dutch), vaihtaja (Finnish), etuvaihtaja (english: front) (Finnish), takavaihtaja (english: rear) (Finnish), dérailleur [masculine] (French), Schaltwerk (english: rear derailleur) [neuter] (German), Umwerfer (english: front derailleur) [masculine] (German), aistreoir slabhra [masculine] (Irish), deragliatore [masculine] (Italian), dêrâlleux [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), przerzutka [feminine] (Polish), descarrilador [masculine] (Portuguese), desviador [masculine] (Portuguese), переключа́тель (pereključátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), desviador [masculine] (Spanish), descarrilador [masculine] (Spanish), cambio de marchas [masculine] (Spanish), bakväxel (english: rear derailleur) [common-gender] (Swedish), framväxel (english: front derailleur) [common-gender] (Swedish), sang đĩa (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'mechanism': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przerzutka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "descarrilador"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desviador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereključátelʹ",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "переключа́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desviador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "descarrilador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cambio de marchas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "rear derailleur",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bakväxel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "front derailleur",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "framväxel"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "mechanism",
      "word": "sang đĩa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "gearset",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "vaihteet"
    }
  ],
  "word": "derailleur"
}

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