English [ edit ] A wheelchair . A dog wheelchair . Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From wheel chair
Pronunciation [ edit ] wheelchair (plural wheelchairs
A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail , page 9:"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."
( attributive ) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.( by extension ) Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion .
Usage notes [ edit ] See wheelchairbound .bound to a wheelchair and confined to a wheelchair are both inaccurate and offensive, as wheelchairs are intended as freedom enhancers. Related terms [ edit ] Descendants [ edit ] → Persian: ویلچر ( vilčer ) Translations [ edit ]
chair
Arabic: كُرْسِيّ لِلْمُقْعَدِين m ( kursiyy li-l-muqʿadīn ) , كُرْسِيّ مُتَحَرِّك m ( kursiyy mutaḥarrik )
Armenian: անվասայլակ (hy) ( anvasaylak )
Asturian: siella de ruedes f
Azerbaijani: təkərli kürsü əlil arabası
Bulgarian: инвалидна количка f ( invalidna količka )
Burmese: ဘီးတပ်ကုလားထိုင် ( bhi:tapku.la:htuing )
Catalan: cadira de rodes f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 輪椅 ／ 轮椅 ( leon⁴ji² )
Mandarin: 輪椅 ／ 轮椅 (zh) ( lúnyǐ )
Cornish: kador ros f
Czech: invalidní vozík m
Danish: rullestol (da) c kørestol (da) c
Dutch: rolstoel (nl) m
Elfdalian: rullstuol m
Esperanto: rulseĝo radseĝo sg
Estonian: ratastool (et)
Faroese: koyristólur m rullistólur m akstólur m
Finnish: pyörätuoli (fi) ; rullatuoli (fi) ( colloquial, dated )
French: fauteuil roulant (fr) m chaise roulante (fr) f
Galician: cadeira de rodas f
Georgian: ინვალიდის სავარძელი ( invalidis savarʒeli )
German: Rollstuhl (de) m Krankenfahrstuhl m Fahrstuhl (de) m
Greek: αναπηρικό καροτσάκι (el) n ( anapirikó karotsáki )
Greenlandic: issiavik assakaasulik
Hawaiian: noho huila
Hebrew: כִּסֵּא גַּלְגַּלִּים / כיסא גלגלים (he) m ( kisé galgalím )
Hindi: व्हीलचेयर ( vhīlceyar )
Hungarian: kerekesszék (hu) , ( dated and possibly offensive ) tolószék (hu) , ( dated and possibly offensive ) tolókocsi (hu)
Icelandic: hjólastóll m
Ido: rulstulo
Indonesian: kursi roda (id)
Irish: cathaoir rothaí f
Italian: sedia a rotelle f
Japanese: 車椅子 (ja) ( くるまいす, kurumaisu ) , ホイールチェア ( hoīruchea )
Khmer: រទេះជនពិការ ( rɔtih cŭən pikaa )
Korean: 휠체어 (ko) ( hwilcheeo ) , 바퀴의자 ( bakwiuija )
Latin: sella rotalis f
Latvian: ratiņkrēsls m
Luxembourgish: Rollstull m
Macedonian: инвали́дска ко́личка f ( invalídska kólička ) , ко́личка f ( kólička )
Maltese: siġġu tar-roti f
Manx: caair wheeylagh f
Maori: tūru wīra
Navajo: ił naalbąąsí
Norman: tchaîse à reues f
Norwegian: rullestol (no) m
Persian: ویلچر (fa) ( vilčer )
Plautdietsch: Rollstool m
Polish: wózek inwalidzki (pl) m
Portuguese: cadeira de rodas f
Romanian: scaun rulant n scaun cu rotile n
Romansch: sutga cun rodas f
Russian: кре́сло-ката́лка n ( kréslo-katálka ) , инвали́дное кре́сло n ( invalídnoje kréslo ) , инвали́дная коля́ска f ( invalídnaja koljáska ) , кре́сло-коля́ска (ru) n ( kréslo-koljáska )
Scottish Gaelic: cathair-cuibhle f
Spanish: silla de ruedas (es) f
Swahili: kitimaguru kiti cha magurudumu kiti mwendo
Swedish: rullstol (sv) c
Telugu: చక్రాలకుర్చీ ( cakrālakurcī )
Turkish: tekerlekli sandalye (tr)
Ukrainian: інвалі́дний візо́к m ( invalídnyj vizók ) , крі́сло-ката́лка n ( kríslo-katálka )
Uyghur: چاقلىق ئورۇندۇق ( chaqliq orunduq )
Vietnamese: xe lăn (vi)
Welsh: cadair olwyn f
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