Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
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Fulcrum
//ˈfʊlk.ɹəm//
Synonyms for "fulcrum" (84 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (42)
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Translations
67 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπομόχλιον noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Armenian
1 entries- հենակետ noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Belarusian
1 entries- кропка апоры noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Bulgarian
1 entries- опорна точка noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Catalan
1 entries- fulcre noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 支點 /支点 noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Czech
3 entries- opora noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- opěrný bod noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- střed otáčení noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Danish
1 entries- understøttelsespunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Dutch
2 entries- draaipunt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- steunpunt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Esperanto
1 entries- apogpunkto noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Finnish
1 entries- tukipiste noun (support about which a lever pivots)
French
1 entries- point d'appui noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Galician
2 entries- forra noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- pinze noun (support about which a lever pivots)
German
4 entries- Angelpunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- Dreh- und Angelpunkt noun (a crux or pivot; a central point)
- Drehachse noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- Drehpunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Greek
1 entries- υπομόχλιο noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Hungarian
2 entries- forgáspont noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- forgástengely noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Ido
2 entries- apog-punto noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- pivoto noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Indonesian
2 entries- fulkrum noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- titik tumpu noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Irish
2 entries- borradh noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- buthal noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Italian
1 entries- fulcro noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Japanese
1 entries- 支点 noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Kazakh
1 entries- тірек нүктесі noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Latin
1 entries- fulcrum noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Macedonian
1 entries- ослонец noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Malay
2 entries- fulkrum noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- sangga tuas noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Māori
1 entries- kaurori noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Norwegian
4 entries- dreiepunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- dreiningspunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- hvilepunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- omdreiningspunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Persian
1 entries- تکیهگاه noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Polish
2 entries- punkt podparcia noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- sedno noun (a crux or pivot; a central point)
Portuguese
2 entries- fulcro noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- ponto de apoio noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Romanian
1 entries- punct de sprijin noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Russian
1 entries- то́чка опо́ры noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- uporište noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Spanish
4 entries- fulcro noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- hipomoclio noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- pivote noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- punto de apoyo noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Swedish
3 entries- ledpunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- rotationspunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- vridningspunkt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Telugu
1 entries- ఆధారము noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Turkish
1 entries- destek noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Ukrainian
1 entries- точка опори noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Welsh
2 entries- ffwlcrwm noun (support about which a lever pivots)
- pwysbwynt noun (support about which a lever pivots)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
When you push yourself off the ground, the ball of your foot functions as a fulcrum.
Source: tatoeba (11125325)
The fulcrum needs to be closer to the center.
Source: tatoeba (11492687)
It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 8 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.