Sami was digging up his yard with an excavator.
Source: tatoeba (6570021)
Excavator
//ˈɛkskəˌveɪtə//
Synonyms for "excavator" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(2 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
10 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
155 translations across 63 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ekskavator noun (vehicle)
Arabic
4 entries- حَفَّار noun (person)
- حَفَّارَة noun (vehicle)
- حَفَّارَة آلِيَّة noun (vehicle)
- حَفَّارَة مِيكَانِيكِيَّة noun (vehicle)
Armenian
1 entries- էքսկավատոր noun (vehicle)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ekskavator noun (vehicle)
Belarusian
4 entries- граба́р noun (person)
- земляко́п noun (person)
- капа́льнік noun (person)
- экскава́тар noun (vehicle)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ба́гер noun (vehicle)
- екскава́тор noun (vehicle)
- копа́ч noun (person)
Burmese
1 entries- မြေတူးစက် noun (vehicle)
Catalan
1 entries- excavador noun (person)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 怪手 noun (vehicle)
- 挖土機 /挖土机 noun (vehicle)
- 挖掘機 /挖掘机 noun (vehicle)
- 掘土機 /掘土机 noun (vehicle)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- ekskavator noun (vehicle)
Czech
3 entries- bagr noun (vehicle)
- exkavátor noun (vehicle)
- kopáč noun (person)
Danish
3 entries- gravemaskine noun (vehicle)
- graver noun (person)
- gravko noun (vehicle)
Dutch
2 entries- graafmachine noun (vehicle)
- graver noun (person)
Esperanto
3 entries- dragmaŝino noun (vehicle)
- elkavatoro noun (vehicle)
- fosmaŝino noun (vehicle)
Estonian
4 entries- ekskavaator noun (vehicle)
- kaevaja noun (person)
- kaevemasin noun (vehicle)
- kaevur noun (person)
Faroese
1 entries- gravkúgv noun (vehicle)
Finnish
2 entries- kaivaja noun (person)
- kaivinkone noun (vehicle)
French
4 entries- excavateur noun (person)
- excavateur noun (vehicle)
- excavatrice noun (vehicle)
- pelle hydraulique noun (vehicle)
Galician
2 entries- excavador noun (person)
- excavadora noun (vehicle)
Georgian
4 entries- გამთხრელი noun (person)
- ექსკავატორი noun (vehicle)
- მეექსკავატორე noun (person)
- მთხრელი noun (person)
German
4 entries- Aushubmaschine noun (vehicle)
- Bagger noun (vehicle)
- Gräber noun (person)
- Gräberin noun (person)
Greek
2 entries- εκσκαφέας noun (person)
- εκσκαφέας noun (vehicle)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַחְפֵּר noun (vehicle)
Hindi
2 entries- उत्खनक noun (vehicle)
- उत्खनित्र noun (vehicle)
Hungarian
1 entries- markológép noun (vehicle)
Icelandic
1 entries- grafa noun (vehicle)
Ido
1 entries- exkavilo noun (vehicle)
Indonesian
1 entries- ekskavator noun (vehicle)
Ingrian
1 entries- ekskavatora noun (vehicle)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- بیل noun (vehicle)
- بیلِ مِکانیکی noun (vehicle)
Irish
1 entries- tochaltóir noun (vehicle)
Italian
4 entries- badilante noun (person)
- escavatore noun (vehicle)
- escavatrice noun (vehicle)
- ruspa noun (vehicle)
Japanese
2 entries- ショベル noun (vehicle)
- 掘削機 noun (vehicle)
Kazakh
1 entries- экскаватор noun (vehicle)
Korean
3 entries- 굴삭기 noun (vehicle)
- 굴착기 noun (vehicle)
- 포크레인 noun (vehicle)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- экскаватор noun (person)
- экскаватор noun (vehicle)
Lao
1 entries- ເຄື່ອງຂຸດ noun (vehicle)
Latvian
1 entries- ekskavators noun (vehicle)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ekskavatorius noun (vehicle)
Macedonian
2 entries- багер noun (vehicle)
- копач noun (person)
Malay
2 entries- ekskavator noun (vehicle)
- jengkaut noun (vehicle)
Mongolian
4 entries- шороо ухах машин noun (vehicle)
- экскаватор noun (vehicle)
- ᠡᠺᠰᠺᠠᠸᠠᠲ᠋ᠤᠷ noun (vehicle)
- ᠰᠢᠷᠤᠢ ᠤᠬᠤᠬᠤ ᠮᠠᠰᠢᠨ noun (vehicle)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- gravemaskin noun (vehicle)
- graver noun (person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gravemaskin noun (vehicle)
Polish
2 entries- kopacz noun (person)
- koparka noun (vehicle)
Portuguese
4 entries- cavador noun (person)
- escavadeira noun (vehicle)
- escavador noun (person)
- escavadora noun (vehicle)
Romanian
3 entries- excavator noun (person)
- excavator noun (vehicle)
- săpător noun (person)
Russian
4 entries- гра́барь noun (person)
- граба́рь noun (person)
- землеко́п noun (person)
- копа́льщик noun (person)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- báger noun (vehicle)
- kòpāč noun (person)
- ба́гер noun (vehicle)
- ко̀па̄ч noun (person)
Slovak
2 entries- bager noun (vehicle)
- kopáč noun (person)
Slovene
2 entries- kopač noun (person)
- kopač noun (vehicle)
Spanish
2 entries- excavador noun (person)
- excavadora noun (vehicle)
Swedish
4 entries- grävare noun (person)
- grävare noun (vehicle)
- grävmaskin noun (vehicle)
- grävskopa noun (vehicle)
Tagalog
1 entries- pamungkal noun (vehicle)
Tajik
1 entries- экскаватор noun (vehicle)
Thai
2 entries- เครื่องขุด noun (person)
- เครื่องขุด noun (vehicle)
Turkish
4 entries- ekskavatör noun (vehicle)
- kazaratar noun (vehicle)
- kazmaç noun (vehicle)
- kazı makinesi noun (vehicle)
Turkmen
1 entries- ekskawator noun (vehicle)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гра́бар noun (person)
- граба́р noun (person)
- екскава́тор noun (vehicle)
- екскава́торник noun (person)
Urdu
1 entries- ایکْسْکاویٹَر noun (vehicle)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئېكىسكىۋاتور noun (vehicle)
Uzbek
2 entries- ekskavator noun (person)
- ekskavator noun (vehicle)
Vietnamese
3 entries- máy xúc noun (vehicle)
- máy đào noun (vehicle)
- người xới đất noun (person)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
They’re using an excavator and hand picks to try and chip away, desperately hoping to find more survivors.
Source: tatoeba (11520957)
the excavators of an ancient Egyptian tomb
Source: wiktionary
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