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μπεκ
fuel injector nozzle (or carburetor jet) /bek/
nounC1#3640 most common
Also: injection nozzle, jet (of a carburetor)
Example sentences
Το αυτοκίνητο έχει βρόμικο μπεκ.
The car has a dirty injector nozzle.
Πρέπει να καθαρίσουμε το μπεκ του καρμπυρατέρ.
We need to clean the carburetor jet.
Ο μηχανικός άλλαξε τα μπεκ ψεκασμού.
The mechanic replaced the injector nozzles.
Ένα βουλωμένο μπεκ προκαλεί κακή απόδοση του κινητήρα.
A clogged nozzle causes poor engine performance.
Τα μπεκ ψεκασμού πρέπει να ελέγχονται τακτικά για καλύτερη καύση.
The injector nozzles must be checked regularly for better combustion.
Η φθορά στα μπεκ του πετρελαιοκινητήρα οδήγησε σε αυξημένη κατανάλωση καυσίμου.
Wear on the diesel engine's injector nozzles led to higher fuel consumption.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το μπεκ | τα μπεκ |
| Genitive | του μπεκ | των μπεκ |
| Accusative | το μπεκ | τα μπεκ |
| Vocative | μπεκ | μπεκ |
Word family
μπεκάκιsmall nozzle (diminutive, colloquial)
ψεκασμόςspraying, fuel injection
ακροφύσιοnozzle (formal technical synonym)
καρμπυρατέρcarburetor
Etymology
Μπεκ is a loanword that entered Greek technical vocabulary, most likely from French "bec" (beak, spout), a word also used in French for a nozzle-shaped tip on machinery. Greek picked it up in the early to mid twentieth century alongside other automotive and plumbing terms borrowed from French and Italian. It stayed indeclinable, a common fate for short foreign nouns absorbed into everyday technical speech. Today it refers narrowly to the small nozzle that sprays fuel in a carburetor or injector.
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