axle Synonyms & Antonyms

Axle in a Sentence

rear axle

front axle

axle grease

The mechanic replaced the broken axle on the truck.

the Sun’s axle

Word Forms & Grammar

axle (plural axles)

Words That Rhyme With Axle

Origin of Axle

Origin 1: From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).

Origin 2: From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull.