Lift

See also Lift

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭft, IPA: /lɪft/, SAMPA: /lIft/

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  Rhymes: -ɪft

Etymology 1

From Middle English lifte, luft(e), left(e) (“‘air", "sky", "heaven’”) from Old English lyft (“‘air", "atmosphere’”) from Proto-Gmc. *luftuz "air, sky". Akin to O.H.G. luft, German Luft, Dutch lucht "air"

Noun

Singular Lift

Plural -

Lift (-)

1. Template:Scotland air.
2. Template:Scotland the sky; the heavens, firmament; the atmosphere.

Synonyms

Template:Checksyns

• air
• atmosphere

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lypta (Danish løfte) , cognates include German lüften

Verb

Infinitive to Lift

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Lift (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To raise.
2. (transitive, slang) To steal.
3. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).

Derived terms

• lift-off

Translations

to raise

Afrikaans: oplig af(af) Assamese: Uthua as(as) Crimean Tatar: kötermek Danish: løfte da(da), hæve da(da) Dutch: opheffen nl(nl) Finnish: nostaa fi(fi) French: lever fr(fr) German: heben de(de), anheben de(de) Hungarian: emel hu(hu) Irish: tóg ga(ga)

Italian: alzare it(it) Macedonian: крева mk(mk) (kréva), дига mk(mk) (díga) Norwegian: løfte no(no), heve no(no) Old English: hebban ang(ang) Portuguese: elevar pt(pt), erguer pt(pt) Romanian: ridica ro(ro) Slovak: zdvihnúť, zodvihnúť Sotho: phahamisa st(st) Spanish: levantar es(es), subir es(es) Swedish: lyfta sv(sv)

to steal

Afrikaans: steel af(af) Danish: stjæle da(da) German: klauen de(de), stehlen de(de)

Macedonian: дига mk(mk) (díga) Norwegian: loppe no(no) Sotho: utswa st(st)

Noun

Singular Lift

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1. An act of lifting or raising.
2. The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

   He gave me a lift to the bus station.

3. Template:AU Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.

   Take the lift to the fourth floor.

4. An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
5. (measurement) the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
6. (historical slang) A thief.
   • 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 32:

     The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.

7. Template:Dance The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
8. Platform used for the moving of people and/or goods up and down in buildings.

Synonyms

• (mechanical device) elevator
• (act of transporting) ride
• (upward force) uplift

Translations

mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people

Afrikaans: hysbak af(af) Arabic: مصعد ar(ar) (míS`ad) m. Armenian: վերելակ hy(hy) (verelak) Bosnian: lift bs(bs) m. Bulgarian: асансьор bg(bg) (asansjór) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 電梯 cmn(cmn), 电梯 cmn(cmn) (diàntī) Croatian: lift hr(hr) m. Czech: výtah cs(cs) m. Danish: elevator da(da) c. Dutch: lift nl(nl) m. Finnish: hissi fi(fi) French: ascenseur fr(fr) m. German: Lift de(de) m., Fahrstuhl de(de) m., Aufzug de(de) m. Hungarian: lift hu(hu), felvonó hu(hu), személyfelvonó hu(hu)

Italian: ascensore it(it) m. Japanese: エレベーター ja(ja) (erebētā) Korean: 엘리베이터 (ellibeiteo), 승강기 (昇降機 seungganggi) Macedonian: лифт mk(mk) (lift) m. Norwegian: heis no(no) m. Polish: winda pl(pl) f. Portuguese: elevador pt(pt) m. Russian: лифт ru(ru) m., (large or industrial) элеватор ru(ru) (elevátor) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: лифт m. Roman: lift m. Slovak: výťah sk(sk) m., lift sk(sk) m. Sotho: lefite st(st) Spanish: ascensor es(es) m. Swedish: hiss sv(sv)

the act of transporting someone in a vehicle

Afrikaans: saamrygeleentheid af(af) Danish: lift da(da) n., kørelejlighed da(da) c. Dutch: lift nl(nl) m. Finnish: kyyditä fi(fi) German: Mitfahrgelegenheit de(de) f. Italian: passaggio m. (He gave me a lift to the station - Mi ha dato un passaggio alla stazione)

Macedonian: префрлање mk(mk) (pref'rlanje) n., одвезување mk(mk) (odvеzúvanје) n. Norwegian: skyss no(no) m. Polish: podwiezienie n. Sotho: lefite st(st) Swedish: skjuts sv(sv)

an upward force

Danish: løft da(da) n. Finnish: noste fi(fi), nosto fi(fi) French: portance fr(fr) m.

German: Auftrieb de(de) m. Norwegian: løft no(no) n. Swedish: lyft sv(sv)

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Translations to be checked

Croatian: dizalica Dutch: auto-stop m. French: to give someone a lift amener quelqu'un (en voiture) (there is no equivalent for the noun in French)

See also

• escalator

Anagrams

• filt,
• flit

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Danish

Noun

Lift n. (singular definite Liftet, plural indefinite lift)

1. The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride
2. boost

Inflection

    Inflection of Lift

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Lift	Liftet	lift	liftene
genitive	Lifts	Liftets	lifts	liftenes

Noun

Lift c. (singular definite Liften, plural indefinite Lifte or lifter)

1. carrycot
2. elevator
3. lift

Inflection

    Inflection of Lift

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	Lift	Liften	Lifte lifter	Liftene lifterne
genitive	Lifts	Liftens	Liftes lifters	Liftenes lifternes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

lift m.

1. an elevator
2. The non-commercial act of transporting someone in a vehicle: ride

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlift/

Noun

Lift (plural Liftek)

1. lift, elevator

Declension

Template:Hu-decl-ekTemplate:Hu-pos-etek

Synonyms

• felvonó
• páternoszter

Derived terms

• személyzeti lift (lift/elevator for staff)
• beteglift (lift/elevator for patients in hospitals)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lîft/

Noun

lȉft m. (Cyrillic spelling ли̏фт)

1. lift
2. elevator

Declension

    declension of Lift

	singular	plural
nominative	lȉft	lìftovi
genitive	lifta	lìftōvā
dative	liftu	liftovima
accusative	lift	liftove
vocative	lifte	liftovi
locative	liftu	liftovima
instrumental	liftom	liftovima

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Slovak

Noun

lift m., lifty pl.

lift stem

liftu Template:Gensg

Template:Sk-dub

1. an elevator, lift

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Volapük

Noun

lift

1. an elevator
2. altitude adjustor

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