Axle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæksÉ™l/
• Rhymes: -æksÉ™l
• Homophones: axel, axil

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

Greek άξονας (áksonas, "axle"), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, "axle"), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, "room, armpit"), Russian ось (os', "axle").

Full definition of axle

Noun

1. (obsolete) Shoulder.

A combination of Old English eax and Old Norse öxull.

Noun

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. An axis; as, the Sun’s axle.

Anagrams

• Alex, axel, Axel