chairlift

See also: chair lift

English

A chairlift in Bad Hofgastein, Austria

Alternative forms

chair lift

Etymology

chair +‎ lift

Noun

chairlift (plural chairlifts)

A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.

Coordinate terms

Translations

moving series of open seats

Breton: fungador (br) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 纜車 (zh), 缆车 (zh) (lǎnchē)
Finnish: tuolihissi (fi)
French: télésiège (fr) m
German: Sessellift (de) m, Sesselbahn (de) f
Hungarian: sílift (hu)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: stolheis (no) m

Nynorsk: stolheis m
Persian: تله‌سی‌یژ‎ (tele-siyež)
Polish: wyciąg krzesełkowy (pl) m, kolej krzesełkowa (pl) f, kolejka krzesełkowa (pl) f
Swedish: stollift c, sittlift c
Turkish: telesiyej (tr)

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