elevator

English

Etymology

elevate +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛləveɪtə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

elevator (plural elevators)

1. Anything that raises or uplifts.
   • 1902, Life (volume 39, page 559)

     And then the foaming flagons raised on high, with that best of all beverages, that elevator of spirits, that foaming sunshine, that grand and glorious brew of ale.

   • 1962 May, “Talking of Trains: Portable grain elevators at E.R. stations”, in Modern Railways, page 302, photo caption:

     Bulk loading of grain in progress from road to rail at Biggleswade using a portable elevator.

2. (Canada, 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. (aeronautics) 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. (anatomy) 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.

Synonyms

• (permanent construction): lift (British English; Australian English)

Derived terms

• ailevator
• elevator music
• elevator operator
• elevator pitch
• elevator shaft
• elevon
• grain elevator
• one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
• ruddervator
• Shabbat elevator

Descendants

• → Hawaiian: ʻeleweka

Translations

permanent construction — see lift

silo for storing grain

• Finnish: siilo (fi)

• Russian: элева́тор (ru) m (elevátor)

control surface of an aircraft

• Arabic: مِصْعَدْ‎ (miṣʿad)
• Dutch: hoogteroer (nl) n
• Finnish: korkeusperäsin
• German: Höhenruder (de) n (literally “height rudder”)

• Hebrew: מעלית‎ (he)
• Icelandic: lyfta (is)
• Japanese: 昇降舵 (しょうこうだ, shōkōda)
• Norwegian: heis (no)

type of shoe

• Finnish: piilokorkokenkä

dental instrument

anatomy: muscle

• Finnish: nostajalihas

Anagrams

• overlate

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

English grain elevator.

Noun

elevator

1. elevator, grain elevator.

Declension

Declension of elevator

nominative	elevator
genitive	elevatornıñ
dative	elevatorğa
accusative	elevatornı
locative	elevatorda
ablative	elevatordan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Danish

Etymology

From English elevator.

Noun

elevator c (singular definite elevatoren, plural indefinite elevatorer)

1. lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

Inflection

Declension of elevator

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	elevator	elevatoren	elevatorer	elevatorerne
genitive	elevators	elevatorens	elevatorers	elevatorernes

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Latin

Verb

ēlevātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēlevō

References

• “elevator”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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Swedish

A dredger were an elevator is digging and transporting sediment.

Noun

elevator c

1. a conveyor, an elevator (various technical installations for lifting stuff)

   Hypernym: lastbärare

Declension

Declension of elevator
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	elevator	elevatorn	elevatorer	elevatorerna
Genitive	elevators	elevatorns	elevatorers	elevatorernas

Usage notes

False friend with elevator in the sense of "mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building". For that meaning, see hiss.

Related terms

• elevatorskopa

References

• elevator in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)