forklift

English

Etymology

fork +‎ lift

Noun

forklift (plural forklifts)

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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 叉車 (zh), 叉车 (zh) (chāchē), 鏟車 (zh), 铲车 (zh) (chǎnchē), 堆高機 (zh), 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: מלגזה‎ (he) f
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)

Macedonian: вилушкар m (víluškar), виличар m (víličar)
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
Turkish: kaldırmaç (tr)

Verb

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

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.

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