axel

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæk.səl/ Rhymes: -æksəl Homophone: axle === Etymology 1 === Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump. ==== Noun ==== axel (plural axels) (figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air. Synonym: axel jump ===== Derived terms ===== double axel triple axel ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== axel (third-person singular simple present axels, present participle axeling or axelling, simple past and past participle axeled or axelled) (intransitive, figure skating) To perform a jump of this kind. ==== See also ==== loop jump lutz quadruple jump salchow waltz jump ==== Further reading ==== Axel jump on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== axel Misspelling of axle. 1944, Private and Local Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin, Publisher not identified, page 627, The gross weight on any 2 or more axels shall not exceed 26,000 pounds plus 1,000 pounds for each foot of distance measured longitudinally to the nearest foot between the foremost and rearmost of the axels under consideration. === Anagrams === Alex, Lexa, axle == Middle English == === Alternative forms === axle, eaxle, æxle, exle === Etymology === From Old English eaxl, from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaksəl/, /ˈɛksəl/ === Noun === axel (plural axeles) shoulder ==== Descendants ==== English: axle (obsolete) Scots: aixle, exle ==== References ==== “axel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 April 2018. == Polish == === Etymology === Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈak.sɛl/ Rhymes: -aksɛl Syllabification: a‧xel === Noun === axel m inan (figure skating) alternative spelling of aksel ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === axel in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /¹aksɛl/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish axl, from Old Norse ǫxl, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-. ==== Noun ==== axel c (anatomy) a shoulder ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== axelskydd axelvadd === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish axul, from Old Norse ǫxull. Related to Latin axis. ==== Noun ==== axel c an axis; an imagined line about which something rotates an axle; a rod around which a wheel turns a driveshaft; a rotating rod which transfers torque from a motor to a place where it can be applied (mathematics) an axis; as in coordinate axis a jump in figure skating with one (or more) and a half turns in the air. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === References === axel in Svensk ordbok (SO) axel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) axel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) === Anagrams === Alex