ascenseur

French

Etymology

From Latin ascendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɑ̃.sœʁ/

• ascenseur:

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• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

ascenseur m (plural ascenseurs)

1. lift, elevator
2. scroll bar

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Hejazi Arabic: أَصَنْصيرْ m (“lift”)
• Bulgarian: асансьор (asansjor)
• Greek: ασανσέρ n (asansér, “lift”)
• Persian: آسانسور
• Spanish: ascensor
• Turkish: asansör

Further reading

• “ascenseur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.