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axels

/ˈæksəlz/

axels is the plural of axel.

axels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of axel.

Meaning of axel

Noun

axel (plural axels)

  1. (figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
    • Wylie, however, landed his Olympic axels beautifully and electrified the crowd as he capped a skating career that began at age three in Aspen, Colorado, when he followed two older sisters onto the ice.1991, Harvard Magazine, volume 94, page 44
    Synonyms:
    axel jump

See all 4 meanings of axel

Proper noun capitalized: Axels

Axels

  1. (plural) plural of Axel

Questions about axels

What is axels the plural of?
Axels is the plural of axel.
What part of speech is axels?
Axels is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce axels?
Axels is pronounced /ˈæksəlz/.

Words near axels in the dictionary

  1. axeling
  2. axelite
  3. axelled
  4. axelling
  5. Axelrod
  6. axels
  7. Axelson
  8. Axelsons
  9. axemaker
  10. axemakers
  11. axemaking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: axels (page history and authors); Axels (page history and authors); axel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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