forklift

English

File:Forklift Truck.jpg

Etymology

fork +‎ lift

Noun

forklift (plural forklifts)

1. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved

Synonyms

• fork hoist
• fork truck
• forklift truck
• lift truck
• sideloader
• stacker-truck
• tow-motor
• trailer loader

Translations

small industrial vehicle

• Arabic: رَافِعَةٌ شَوْكِيَّةٌ f (rāfiʕatun šawkiyyatun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叉車／叉车 (zh) (chāchē), 叉车 (zh) (chāchē), 鏟車／铲车 (zh) (chǎnchē), 铲车 (zh) (chǎnchē), 堆高機／堆高机 (zh) (duīgāojī), 堆高机 (zh) (duīgāojī)

• Czech: vysokozdvižný vozík m
• Danish: gaffeltruck, (slang) truck
• Dutch: vorkheftruck (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉarelo, levĉaro
• Estonian: kahveltõstuk
• Finnish: haarukkatrukki, trukki (fi)
• French: chariot élévateur (fr) m
• German: Gabelstapler (de) m
• Hebrew: מַלְגֵּזָה (he) f (malgḗzā)
• Hungarian: targonca (hu), emelővillás targonca
• Icelandic: gaffallyftari m
• Irish: forcardaitheoir m
• Italian: transpallet m, muletto (it) m
• Japanese: フォークリフト (ja) (fōkurifuto)
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• Macedonian: вилушкар m (viluškar), виличар m (viličar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gaffeltruck m, truck (no) m

  Nynorsk: gaffeltruck m, truck m

• Polish: wózek widłowy (pl)
• Portuguese: empilhadeira (pt) f
• Romanian: stivuitor (ro)
• Russian: ви́лочный погру́зчик (ru) m (víločnyj pogrúzčik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: vȉličār (sh) m, vìljuškār (sh) m

  Roman: ви̏лича̄р m, вѝљушка̄р m

• Silesian: widłowy wůzek
• Slovak: vysokozdvižný vozík
• Spanish: carretilla elevadora f, carretilla (es) f, grúa horquilla f, montacargas (es) m, toro (es) m (colloquial)
• Swedish: gaffeltruck c, truck (sv) c
• Thai: รถยก (rót-yók)
• Turkish: kaldırmaç (tr)

Verb

forklift (third-person singular simple present forklifts, present participle forklifting, simple past and past participle forklifted)

1. To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
   • 2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver (page 49)

     With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.