Tom can operate a forklift.
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Forklift
//ˈfɔɹklɪft//
Synonyms for "forklift" (28 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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1 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesat location
6 entriescapable of
7 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
3 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
used for
39 entriesaccomplish work in warehousecarry thingscarrying thingscut deck of cardsdoing construction workdoing warehouse workdrivingliftlift and transport heavy thingslift heavy itemslift pile of heavy rocksliftinglifting and moving awkwardly shaped objectslifting and moving loaded palletslifting and moving unloaded palletslifting bulky objects
Showing 16 of 39 words.
Translations
88 translations across 49 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pirun ngritës noun (small industrial vehicle)
Arabic
1 entries- رَافِعَةٌ شَوْكِيَّةٌ noun (small industrial vehicle)
Belarusian
2 entries- аўтака́р noun (small industrial vehicle)
- аўтапагру́зчык noun (small industrial vehicle)
Bulgarian
2 entries- автока́р noun (small industrial vehicle)
- мотока́р noun (small industrial vehicle)
Catalan
2 entries- carretó elevador noun (small industrial vehicle)
- toro mecànic noun (small industrial vehicle)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 叉車 /叉车 noun (small industrial vehicle)
- 堆高機 /堆高机 noun (small industrial vehicle)
- 鏟車 /铲车 noun (small industrial vehicle)
Czech
1 entries- vysokozdvižný vozík noun (small industrial vehicle)
Danish
2 entries- gaffeltruck noun (small industrial vehicle)
- truck noun (small industrial vehicle)
Dutch
3 entries- heftruck noun (small industrial vehicle)
- vorkheftruck noun (small industrial vehicle)
- vorklift noun (small industrial vehicle)
Esperanto
2 entries- levĉaro noun (small industrial vehicle)
- ĉarelo noun (small industrial vehicle)
Estonian
1 entries- kahveltõstuk noun (small industrial vehicle)
Faroese
2 entries- gaffiltrukkur noun (small industrial vehicle)
- trukkur noun (small industrial vehicle)
Finnish
2 entries- haarukkatrukki noun (small industrial vehicle)
- trukki noun (small industrial vehicle)
French
3 entries- chariot élévateur noun (small industrial vehicle)
- clark noun (small industrial vehicle)
- élévateur noun (small industrial vehicle)
Galician
1 entries- carretilla elevadora noun (small industrial vehicle)
German
1 entries- Gabelstapler noun (small industrial vehicle)
Greek
1 entries- περονοφόρο noun (small industrial vehicle)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַלְגֵּזָה noun (small industrial vehicle)
Hindi
1 entries- फ़ोर्कलिफ़्ट noun (small industrial vehicle)
Hungarian
2 entries- emelővillás targonca noun (small industrial vehicle)
- targonca noun (small industrial vehicle)
Icelandic
1 entries- lyftari noun (small industrial vehicle)
Indonesian
1 entries- truk angkat susun noun (small industrial vehicle)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- لیفْتِراک noun (small industrial vehicle)
Irish
1 entries- forcardaitheoir noun (small industrial vehicle)
Italian
2 entries- carrello elevatore noun (small industrial vehicle)
- muletto noun (small industrial vehicle)
Japanese
1 entries- フォークリフト noun (small industrial vehicle)
Kazakh
1 entries- айырлы тиегіш noun (small industrial vehicle)
Korean
2 entries- 지게차 noun (small industrial vehicle)
- 포크리프트 noun (small industrial vehicle)
Macedonian
1 entries- виљушкар noun (small industrial vehicle)
Malay
1 entries- trak angkat susun noun (small industrial vehicle)
Māori
2 entries- wakahiki noun (small industrial vehicle)
- wakatīrou noun (small industrial vehicle)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- gaffeltruck noun (small industrial vehicle)
- truck noun (small industrial vehicle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- gaffeltruck noun (small industrial vehicle)
- truck noun (small industrial vehicle)
Polish
2 entries- wózek jezdniowy noun (small industrial vehicle)
- wózek widłowy noun (small industrial vehicle)
Portuguese
3 entries- empilhadeira noun (small industrial vehicle)
- empilhador noun (small industrial vehicle)
- empilhadora noun (small industrial vehicle)
Romanian
2 entries- motostivuitor noun (small industrial vehicle)
- stivuitor noun (small industrial vehicle)
Russian
3 entries- автока́р noun (small industrial vehicle)
- автопогру́зчик noun (small industrial vehicle)
- ви́лочный погру́зчик noun (small industrial vehicle)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- vìljuškār noun (small industrial vehicle)
- vȉličār noun (small industrial vehicle)
- ви̏лича̄р noun (small industrial vehicle)
- вѝљушка̄р noun (small industrial vehicle)
Silesian
1 entries- widłowy wůzek noun (small industrial vehicle)
Slovak
1 entries- vysokozdvižný vozík noun (small industrial vehicle)
Slovene
1 entries- viličar noun (small industrial vehicle)
Spanish
4 entries- carretilla elevadora noun (small industrial vehicle)
- grúa horquilla noun (small industrial vehicle)
- montacarga noun (small industrial vehicle)
- montacargas noun (small industrial vehicle)
Swedish
2 entries- gaffeltruck noun (small industrial vehicle)
- truck noun (small industrial vehicle)
Thai
1 entries- รถยก noun (small industrial vehicle)
Turkish
1 entries- kaldırmaç noun (small industrial vehicle)
Ukrainian
4 entries- автованта́жник noun (small industrial vehicle)
- автовізо́к noun (small industrial vehicle)
- автока́р noun (small industrial vehicle)
- автонаванта́жувач noun (small industrial vehicle)
Uzbek
1 entries- avtopogruzchik noun (small industrial vehicle)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xe nâng hạ noun (small industrial vehicle)
Welsh
1 entries- wagen fforch godi noun (small industrial vehicle)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
You don't know how to operate a forklift, do you?
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Tom works as a forklift operator.
Source: tatoeba (3555035)
I thought you didn't know how to drive a forklift.
Source: tatoeba (6233039)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
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