Escalator

//ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ//

Synonyms for "escalator" (6 found)

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Noun(1 words)
moving staircase
Verb(1 words)
escalate

Strong matches (1)

Related words (3)

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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capable of

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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related to

13 entries

used for

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Translations

106 translations across 74 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • roltrap noun (mechanical device)

Albanian

1 entries
  • shkallë lëvizëse noun (mechanical device)

Arabic

3 entries
  • دَرَج مُتَحَرِّك noun (mechanical device)
  • سُلَّم دَوَّار noun (mechanical device)
  • سُلَّم مُتَحَرِّك noun (mechanical device)

Armenian

1 entries
  • շարժասանդուղք noun (mechanical device)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • eskalator noun (mechanical device)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • эскала́тар noun (mechanical device)

Bengali

1 entries
  • এস্কেলেটর noun (mechanical device)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ескала́тор noun (mechanical device)

Burmese

1 entries
  • စက်လှေကား noun (mechanical device)

Catalan

1 entries
  • escala mecànica noun (mechanical device)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 扶手電梯 /扶手电梯 noun (mechanical device)
  • 電梯 /电梯 noun (mechanical device)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 升降階梯 /升降阶梯 noun (mechanical device)
  • 自動扶梯 /自动扶梯 noun (mechanical device)
  • 自動樓梯 /自动楼梯 noun (mechanical device)
  • 自動鏈梯 /自动链梯 noun (mechanical device)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • eskalator noun (mechanical device)

Czech

4 entries
  • eskalátor noun (mechanical device)
  • jezdicí schody noun (mechanical device)
  • pohyblivé schodiště noun (mechanical device)
  • pohyblivé schody noun (mechanical device)

Danish

1 entries
  • rulletrappe noun (mechanical device)

Dari

2 entries
  • زِینَهٔ بَرْقِی noun (mechanical device)
  • پِلَّهبَرْقِی noun (mechanical device)

Dutch

1 entries
  • roltrap noun (mechanical device)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • eskalatoro noun (mechanical device)
  • rulŝtuparo noun (mechanical device)

Estonian

1 entries
  • eskalaator noun (mechanical device)

Faroese

1 entries
  • rullutrappa noun (mechanical device)

Finnish

3 entries
  • liukuportaat noun (mechanical device)
  • liukuportaikko noun (mechanical device)
  • rullaportaat noun (mechanical device)

French

3 entries
  • escalateur noun (mechanical device)
  • escalator noun (mechanical device)
  • escalier mécanique noun (mechanical device)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ესკალატორი noun (mechanical device)

German

2 entries
  • Fahrtreppe noun (mechanical device)
  • Rolltreppe noun (mechanical device)

Greek

1 entries
  • κυλιόμενες σκάλες noun (mechanical device)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • דְּרַגְנוֹעַ noun (mechanical device)

Hindi

3 entries
  • एस्केलेटर noun (mechanical device)
  • चलती सीढ़ी noun (mechanical device)
  • चलसोपान noun (mechanical device)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • mozgólépcső noun (mechanical device)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • rúllustigi noun (mechanical device)

Ido

1 entries
  • eskalatoro noun (mechanical device)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • eskalator noun (mechanical device)
  • tangga berjalan noun (mechanical device)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • پِلِّهبَرْقی noun (mechanical device)

Irish

1 entries
  • staighre beo noun (mechanical device)

Italian

1 entries
  • scala mobile noun (mechanical device)

Japanese

1 entries
  • エスカレーター noun (mechanical device)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • эскалатор noun (mechanical device)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ជណ្ដើរយោង noun (mechanical device)

Korean

3 entries
  • 계단승강기 noun (mechanical device)
  • 에스컬레이터 noun (mechanical device)
  • 자동계단 noun (mechanical device)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • эскалатор noun (mechanical device)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຂັ້ນໃດເລື່ອນ noun (mechanical device)
  • ຂັ້ນໄດໄຟຟ້າ noun (mechanical device)

Latvian

1 entries
  • eskalators noun (mechanical device)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • eskalatorius noun (mechanical device)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • běžeca stupnica noun (mechanical device)

Lushootseed

1 entries
  • lədᶻək̓ʷ səxʷʔigʷəɬ noun (mechanical device)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • ескала́тор noun (mechanical device)

Malay

3 entries
  • eskalator noun (mechanical device)
  • tangga elektrik noun (mechanical device)
  • tangga gerak noun (mechanical device)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • урсдаг шат noun (mechanical device)

Māori

2 entries
  • ara maiangi noun (mechanical device)
  • ēkareta noun (mechanical device)

Norman

1 entries
  • escalateux noun (mechanical device)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • rulletrapp noun (mechanical device)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • rulletrapp noun (mechanical device)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Rolltrap noun (mechanical device)

Polish

2 entries
  • eskalator noun (mechanical device)
  • schody ruchome noun (mechanical device)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • escada rolante noun (mechanical device)

Romanian

1 entries
  • scară rulantă noun (mechanical device)

Russian

1 entries
  • эскала́тор noun (mechanical device)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • eskàlātor noun (mechanical device)
  • еска̀ла̄тор noun (mechanical device)

Slovak

2 entries
  • eskalátor noun (mechanical device)
  • pohyblivé schody noun (mechanical device)

Slovene

1 entries
  • tekoče stopnice noun (mechanical device)

Spanish

2 entries
  • escalera mecánica noun (mechanical device)
  • escalera rodante noun (mechanical device)

Swedish

1 entries
  • rulltrappa noun (mechanical device)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sigdan noun (mechanical device)

Tajik

1 entries
  • эскалатор noun (mechanical device)

Thai

1 entries
  • บันไดเลื่อน noun (mechanical device)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གློག་འགུལ་སྐས་འཛེག noun (mechanical device)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yürüyen merdiven noun (mechanical device)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • eskalator noun (mechanical device)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • ескала́тор noun (mechanical device)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ایسْکِلیٹَر noun (mechanical device)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • eskalator noun (mechanical device)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thang cuốn noun (mechanical device)

Volapük

1 entries
  • rolatridem noun (mechanical device)

Welsh

1 entries
  • esgaladur noun (mechanical device)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • עסקאַלאַטאָר noun (mechanical device)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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People who are not in a hurry stand on the right side of the escalator.

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If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.

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The sign indicates the location of the escalator.

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My shoelace got caught in the escalator.

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