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==English==
==English==
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[[image:Forklift Truck.jpg|thumb|right|400px]]
===Etymology===
From {{compound|en|fork|lift}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# 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 [[pallet]]s, to be [[lifted]] and [[moved]]
# 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 [[pallet]]s, to be [[lifted]] and [[moved]].


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
{{col4|en
* [[fork hoist]]
* [[fork truck]]
|fork hoist
* [[lift truck]]
|fork truck
|forklift truck
* [[sideloader]]
* [[stacker-truck]]
|lift truck
|sideloader
* [[tow-motor]]
|stacker-truck
* [[trailer loader]]
|tow-motor
|trailer loader
|jitney<!-- from Wikipedia -->
|hi-lo<!-- from Wikipedia -->
}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en
|forklift operator
|forklift driver
|forklifter
}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|small industrial vehicle}}
{{trans-top|small industrial vehicle}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|رَافِعَةٌ شَوْكِيَّةٌ|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|carretó elevador|m}}, {{t|ca|toro mecànic|m}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|zh|叉車|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|叉车|tr=chāchē|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|鏟車|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|铲车|tr=chǎnchē|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|叉車|tr=chāchē}}, {{t+|cmn|鏟車|tr=chǎnchē}}, {{t+|cmn|堆高機|tr=duīgāojī}}
* Croatian: {{t|hr|viljuškar|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vysokozdvižný vozík|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gaffeltruck}}, {{qualifier|slang}} {{t-|da|truck}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gaffeltruck}}, {{qualifier|slang}} {{t+|da|truck}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|vorkheftruck}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vorkheftruck|m}}, {{t+|nl|heftruck|m}}, {{t+|nl|vorklift|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ĉarelo}}, {{t|eo|levĉaro}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kahveltõstuk}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kahveltõstuk}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|haarukkatrukki}}, {{t-|fi|trukki}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|trukkur|m}}, {{t|fo|gaffiltrukkur|m}}
* French: {{t-|fr|chariot élévateur}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|haarukkatrukki}}, {{t+|fi|trukki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|chariot élévateur|m}}, {{t+|fr|élévateur|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|carretilla elevadora|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gabelstapler|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gabelstapler|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t-|hu|targonca}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|περονοφόρο|n}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|forcardaitheoir|m|xs=Irish}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מַלְגֵּזָה|f|sc=Hebr|tr=malgḗzā}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|targonca}}, {{t|hu|emelővillás targonca}}
* Italian: {{t-|it|transpallet|m}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|lyftari|m}}
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* Japanese: {{t-|ja|フォークリフト|tr=fōkurifuto}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|forcardaitheoir|m}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|вилушкар|m|tr=víluškar}}, {{t|mk|виличар|m|tr=víličar}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|muletto|m}}, {{t+|it|carrello elevatore|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|フォークリフト|tr=fōkurifuto}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|wózek widłowy}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|empilhadeira|f}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|айырлы тиегіш}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|stivuitor}}
* Khmer: {{t-needed|km}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|지게차}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|вилочный погрузчик|m|tr=víločnyj pogrúzčik|sc=Cyrl}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* [[Silesian]]: {{|szl|widłowy wůzek}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|montacargas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|виљушкар|m}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|gaffeltruck|c}}, {{t-|sv|truck|c}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|wakatīrou}}, {{t|mi|wakahiki}}
* Norwegian:
* Turkish: {{t|tr|kaldırmaç}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|gaffeltruck|m}}, {{t+|nb|truck|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|gaffeltruck|m}}, {{t|nn|truck|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wózek widłowy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|empilhadeira|f}} {{q|Brazil}}, {{t+|pt|empilhadora|f}} {{q|Portugal}}, {{t|pt|empilhador|m}} {{q|Portugal}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|stivuitor}}, {{t|ro|motostivuitor|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ви́лочный погру́зчик|m}}, {{t+|ru|автопогру́зчик|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|sh|vȉličār|m}}, {{t+|sh|vìljuškār|m}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|ви̏лича̄р|m}}, {{t|sh|вѝљушка̄р|m}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|widłowy wůzek}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vysokozdvižný vozík}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|montacargas|m}} {{q|Latin America}}, {{t|es|carretilla elevadora|f}} {{q|Spain}}, {{t|es|grúa horquilla|f}} {{q|Chile}}, {{t+|es|pato|m}} {{q|Peru, colloquial}}, {{t+|es|mula|m}} {{q|Argentina}}, {{t+|es|toro|m}} {{q|Spain, colloquial}}, {{t|es|montacarga|m}} {{qualifier|Latin America}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gaffeltruck|c}}, {{t+|sv|truck|c}}
* Thai: {{t|th|รถยก}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kaldırmaç}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|автованта́жник|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t-needed|vi}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|wagen fforch godi|f}}
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{{en-verb}}
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# to [[move]] or [[stack]] using such a vehicle
# To [[move]] or [[stack]] with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2009|author=Garry Thomas Morse|title=Death in Vancouver|page=49

|passage=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.}}
[[Category:en:Vehicles]]


{{C|en|Vehicles}}
[[et:forklift]]
[[pl:forklift]]
[[ru:forklift]]
[[ta:forklift]]
[[tr:forklift]]
[[zh:forklift]]

Latest revision as of 11:09, 27 September 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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From fork +‎ lift.

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

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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.