English
File:Forklift Truck.jpg
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 .
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Translations
small industrial vehicle
Arabic: رَافِعَةٌ شَوْكِيَّةٌ f ( rāfiʕatun šawkiyyatun )
Catalan: carretó elevador m , toro mecànic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 叉車 / 叉车 (zh) ( chāchē ) , 叉车 (zh) ( chāchē ) , 鏟車 / 铲车 (zh) ( chǎnchē ) , 铲车 (zh) ( chǎnchē ) , 堆高機 / 堆高机 (zh) ( duīgāojī ) , 堆高机 (zh) ( duīgāojī )
Czech: vysokozdvižný vozík (cs) m
Danish: gaffeltruck , ( slang ) truck
Dutch: vorkheftruck (nl)
Esperanto: ĉarelo , levĉaro
Estonian: kahveltõstuk
Faroese: trukkur m , gaffiltrukkur m
Finnish: haarukkatrukki , trukki (fi)
French: chariot élévateur (fr) m , élévateur (fr) m
Galician: carretilla elevadora f
German: Gabelstapler (de) m
Hebrew: מַלְגֵּזָה (he) f ( malgḗzā )
Hungarian: targonca (hu) , emelővillás targonca
Icelandic: gaffallyftari m
Irish: forcardaitheoir m
Italian: muletto (it) m , carrello elevatore (it) m
Japanese: フォークリフト (ja) ( fōkurifuto )
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Korean: 지게차 ( jigecha )
Macedonian: виљушкар m ( viljuškar )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gaffeltruck m , truck (no) m
Nynorsk: gaffeltruck m , truck m
Polish: wózek widłowy (pl)
Portuguese: empilhadeira (pt) f ( Brazil ) , empilhadora (pt) f ( Portugal ) , empilhador m ( Portugal )
Romanian: stivuitor (ro)
Russian: ви́лочный погру́зчик (ru) m ( víločnyj pogrúzčik ) , автопогру́зчик (ru) m ( avtopogrúzčik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: vȉličār (sh) m , vìljuškār (sh) m
Roman: ви̏лича̄р m , вѝљушка̄р m
Silesian: widłowy wůzek
Slovak: vysokozdvižný vozík
Spanish: montacargas (es) m ( Latin America ) , carretilla elevadora f ( Spain ) , grúa horquilla f ( Chile ) , pato (es) m ( Peru, colloquial ) , mula (es) m ( Argentina ) , toro (es) m ( Spain, colloquial )
Swedish: gaffeltruck (sv) c , truck (sv) c
Thai: รถยก ( rót-yók )
Turkish: kaldırmaç (tr)
Ukrainian: автованта́жник (uk) m ( avtovantážnyk )
Welsh: wagen fforch godi f
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.