lift

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Translations 1.3.2.3 See also 1.4 References 2 Bosnian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Croatian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 Danish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Inflection 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Inflection 5 Dutch 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Hungarian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension 6.2.2 Synonyms 6.2.3 Derived terms 7 Serbian 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Cyrillic spelling 8 Slovak 8.1 Noun 9 Volapük 9.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: lĭft, IPA: /lɪft/, SAMPA: /lIft/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɪft

[edit] 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"

[edit] Noun

lift (usually uncountable; plural lifts)

1. (Scottish) Air.
2. (Scottish) The sky; the heavens, firmament; the atmosphere.

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• air
• atmosphere

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse lypta (Danish løfte) ^[1], cognates include German lüften

[edit] Verb

to lift (third-person singular simple present lifts, present participle lifting, simple past and past participle lifted)

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

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• lift-off

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[edit] Noun

lift (plural lifts)

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. (Australian, New Zealand, British) 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. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• escalator

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Etymology of the verb in ODS: "eng. lift fra nord."

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[edit] Bosnian

[edit] Etymology

From English lift.

[edit] Noun

lift m. sg. (pl.: liftovi)

1. lift
2. elevator

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From English lift.

[edit] Noun

lift m (plural liftovi)

1. lift
2. elevator

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Noun

lift n. (singular definite liftet, plural indefinite lift)

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

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lift c. (singular definite liften, plural indefinite lifte or lifter)

1. carrycot
2. elevator
3. lift

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

lift m.

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

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlift/

[edit] Noun

lift (plural liftek)

1. lift, elevator

[edit] Declension

declension of lift singular plural nominative lift liftek accusative liftet lifteket dative liftnek lifteknek instrumental lifttel liftekkel causal-final liftért liftekért translative liftté liftekké terminative liftig liftekig essive-formal liftként liftekként essive-modal - - inessive liftben liftekben superessive liften lifteken adessive liftnél lifteknél illative liftbe liftekbe sublative liftre liftekre allative lifthez liftekhez elative liftből liftekből delative liftről liftekről ablative lifttől liftektől

possessives of lift possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. liftem liftjeim 2nd person sing. lifted liftjeid 3rd person sing. liftje liftjei 1st person plural liftünk liftjeink 2nd person plural liftetek liftjeitek 3rd person plural liftjük liftjeik

[edit] Synonyms

• felvonó
• páternoszter

[edit] Derived terms

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

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Etymology

From English lift.

[edit] Noun

lift m. sg. (pl.: liftovi)

1. lift
2. elevator

[edit] Cyrillic spelling

• лифт

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Noun

lift m., lifty pl.

lift stem

liftu gen sg

dub

1. an elevator, lift

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

lift

1. an elevator
2. altitude adjustor