I am not sure of the sense of "paddle". I wrote translations for the tool used in a small boat ("oar"). But for the sense for the paddle in a steam-boat or water-mill, the translation is "aube" or "palette". The main sense of "aube" is "alb", of "palette" is "palette" or "pallet". Only a few francophones know the other senses.

I guess that Jens meant "oar". Note that in many languages there is only one word for oar and paddle, so we don't have to create another page for oar anymore.