escalator

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Anything that escalates.
2. A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
3. An upward or progressive course.
4. An escalator clause.

Verb

To move by escalator.

Sinonieme

moving staircase

moving stairway

escalator clause

stairmoving

moving staircase/stairway

Vertalings

scala mobile

escalator

Rolltreppe

roltrap

escada rolante

escalier mécanique

escalera mecánica

escalateur

escalier roulant

Fahrtreppe

yürüyen merdiven

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə/

Etimologie (Engels)

From the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor Charles Seeberger in 1900, from Latin e (“from, out of”) + scala (“ladder”) + -tor, which forms nouns of agency. See the appendix. Broader usage may be influenced by escalate, and is equivalent to escalate + -or. For an alternative etymology, see the Online Etymology Dictionary.