elevator

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Anything that raises or uplifts.
2. (Australia, Canada, Philippines, US) A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
3. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
4. A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
5. A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
6. Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
7. A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

Verb

To move in an elevator.

Concepts

ascenseur

élévateur

monte-charge

lift

grenier

magasin

cellier

gouvernail de profondeur

gouverne

silo à grains

ascenseur-descenseur

débarras

dépôt

entrepôt

Synonymes

lift

lift

hoist

grain elevator

lifter

granary

dumbwaiter

garner

godown

hoister

jack

levator

life

magazine

screwdriver

🪛

treasury

warehouse

electric lift

electric elevator

load-lifter

passenger lift

storage building

hoisting apparatus

lifting machine

nipping fork

hoisting engine

tube clamp

ELEV

mechanical elevator

elevating rudder

lifting plane

musculus levato

electrical lift

balloon

🎈

load lift

barn

cellar

crane

depository

derrick

Traductions

ascensor

🛗

ascensore

Aufzug

Lift

Fahrstuhl

🛗

lift

ανελκυστήρας

ασανσέρ

ascensor

🛗

ascensor

elevador

elevatore

🛗

elevador

asansör

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛləveɪtə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From elevate + -or.