Etymology

From elevate +‎ -orCategory:English terms suffixed with -or#ELEVATOR.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛləˌveɪtə/Category:English 4-syllable words#ELEVATORCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEVATOR

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/Category:English 4-syllable words#ELEVATORCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEVATOR
• Rhymes: -ɛləveɪtə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/ɛləveɪtə(ɹ)#ELEVATORCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛləveɪtə(ɹ)/4 syllables#ELEVATOR

Noun

elevator (plural elevators)Category:English lemmas#ELEVATORCategory:English nouns#ELEVATORCategory:English countable nouns#ELEVATORCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with entries#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ELEVATOR

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.

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   • 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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEVATOR

2. (Canada, USCategory:Canadian English#ELEVATORCategory:American English#ELEVATOR, AustraliaCategory:Australian English#ELEVATOR, PhilippinesCategory:Philippine English#ELEVATOR) 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.

   Synonym: (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India) lift

3. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
   • 1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3:

     The harvest is now in full swing in the Great Plains and efforts are being made to rush the grain from the fields to the country elevators and then to the large terminals, such as Kansas City, Houston, Galveston and New Orleans.

     Category:English terms with quotations#ELEVATOR

4. (aeronauticsCategory:en:Aeronautics#ELEVATOR) 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. (anatomyCategory:en:Anatomy#ELEVATOR) 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.

Verb

elevator (third-person singular simple present elevators, present participle elevatoring, simple past and past participle elevatored)Category:English lemmas#ELEVATORCategory:English verbs#ELEVATORCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with entries#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ELEVATOR

1. (informalCategory:English informal terms#ELEVATOR, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#ELEVATOR) To move in an elevator.

   He elevatored up to the third floor.Category:English terms with usage examples#ELEVATOR

Anagrams

• overlate

Etymology

EnglishCategory:Crimean Tatar terms derived from English#ELEVATOR grain elevator.

Noun

elevatorCategory:Crimean Tatar lemmas#ELEVATORCategory:Crimean Tatar nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Crimean Tatar entries with incorrect language header#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with entries#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ELEVATOR

1. elevator, grain elevator.

References

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

Etymology

From American EnglishCategory:Danish terms derived from American English#ELEVATOR elevator.

Noun

elevator c (singular definite elevatoren, plural indefinite elevatorer)Category:Danish lemmas#ELEVATORCategory:Danish nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#ELEVATORCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with entries#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ELEVATOR

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

Etymology

InternationalismCategory:Indonesian internationalisms#ELEVATOR

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /eleˈvator/ [e.leˈfa.t̪ɔr]Category:Indonesian 4-syllable words#ELEVATORCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#ELEVATOR
• Rhymes: -atorCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ator#ELEVATORCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ator/4 syllables#ELEVATOR
• Syllabification: e‧le‧va‧tor

Noun

elevator (plural elevator-elevator)Category:Indonesian lemmas#ELEVATORCategory:Indonesian nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with entries#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ELEVATOR

1. elevator
   1. 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.

      Synonym: lift

   2. (aeronauticsCategory:id:Aeronautics#ELEVATOR, aviationCategory:id:Aviation#ELEVATOR) a control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.

      Synonyms: kemudi angkat, kemudi tukik

Further reading

• “elevator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Verb

ēlevātorCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#ELEVATORCategory:Latin verb forms#ELEVATORCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with entries#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ELEVATOR

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

References

• “elevator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#ELEVATORCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#ELEVATOR élévateur or GermanCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from German#ELEVATORCategory:Romanian terms derived from German#ELEVATOR Elevator.

Noun

elevator n (plural elevatoare)Category:Romanian lemmas#ELEVATORCategory:Romanian nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#ELEVATORCategory:Romanian countable nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#ELEVATORCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with entries#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ELEVATOR

1. elevator

Noun

elevator cCategory:Swedish lemmas#ELEVATORCategory:Swedish nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#ELEVATORCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with entries#ELEVATORCategory:Pages with 7 entries#ELEVATOR

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

   Hypernym: lastbärare

References

• “elevator”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)