different between derailleur vs shifter

English

Alternative forms

• derailer

Etymology

Borrowed from French dérailleur.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /di??e?lj?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /di??e?l?/

Noun

derailleur (plural derailleurs)

1. The mechanism on a bicycle used to move the chain from one sprocket (gear) to another.
2. The entire gearset on a bicycle with such a mechanism.

Translations

Dutch

Alternative forms

• dérailleur (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French dérailleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.ra??jø?r/
• Hyphenation: de?rail?leur
• Rhymes: -ø?r

Noun

derailleur m (plural derailleurs)

1. derailleur (mechanism to move from one gear to another)

Derived terms

English

Etymology

shift +? -er

Noun

shifter (plural shifters)

1. One who, or that which, shifts or changes.
2. (linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.
3. (dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.
4. (nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.
5. (engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.
6. (engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.
7. (cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.
8. A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.
9. (mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.
10. (US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.
11. (mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.
12. (erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.

Synonyms

• (shapeshifter): See Thesaurus:shape-shifter.

Derived terms

• shifter cart
• phase shifter
• video shifter

Anagrams

• reshift