Elevator

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛləveɪtə/
• SAMPA: /"El@%veIt@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɚ/

Noun

Singular Elevator

Plural {{{1}}}

Elevator ({{{1}}})

1. (US) Platform used for the moving of people and/or goods up and down in buildings.
2. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)
3. A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.
4. Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

Synonyms

• lift (British English)

Derived terms

• elevon

Translations

Translations

Albanian: ashensor (1) Arabic: مصعد ar(ar) (míS`ad) m. Armenian: վերելակ hy(hy) (verelak) Bosnian: lift m. (1) Chinese: Mandarin: 電梯 cmn(cmn), 电梯 cmn(cmn) (diàntī) Croatian: dȉzalo hr(hr) n., lȉft hr(hr) m. Czech: výtah m. (1) Danish: elevator da(da) c. Dutch: lift nl(nl) Finnish: hissi (1), viljasiilo (2) French: ascenseur fr(fr) m., lift fr(fr) German: Fahrstuhl de(de) m., Lift de(de) m., Aufzug de(de) m. Greek: ανελκυστήρας el(el) (anelkystíras) m., ασανσέρ el(el) (asansér) n. Hungarian: lift hu(hu), felvonó hu(hu), személyfelvonó hu(hu)

Icelandic: lyfta is(is) f. Japanese: エレベーター (erebētā) (1) Macedonian: лифт mk(mk) (lift) m. Norwegian: heis no(no) m. Polish: winda (1), silos zbożowy (2) Portuguese: elevador pt(pt) Romanian: elevator ro(ro) n. Russian: лифт ru(ru) (lift) m., (large or industrial) элеватор ru(ru) (elevátor) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: лифт m. (1) Roman: lift m. (1) Slovak: výťah m. (1), lift m. (1) Spanish: ascensor m., elevador m. (Mexico, Puerto Rico) Swahili: eleveta sw(sw) Swedish: hiss sv(sv) c.

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

English grain elevator.

Noun

elevator

1. elevator, grain elevator.

Declension

    declension of Elevator

nominative	Elevator
genitive	Elevatornıñ
dative	Elevatorğa
accusative	Elevatornı
locative	Elevatorda
ablative	Elevatordan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Danish

Etymology

From English elevator.

Noun

Elevator c. (singular definite Elevatoren, plural indefinite Elevatorer)

1. lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Inflection

    Inflection of Elevator

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Elevator	Elevatoren	Elevatorer	Elevatorerne
genitive	Elevators	Elevatorens	Elevatorers	Elevatorernes

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