Lever

//ˈliː.və//

Synonyms for "lever" (83 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Strong matches (25)

Related words (41)

Verb(4 words)
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9 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

9 entries

derived

30 entries

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

4 entries

is a

5 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

21 entries

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Translations

161 translations across 78 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • hefboom noun (rigid piece)

Albanian

2 entries
  • levë noun (rigid piece)
  • lloz noun (rigid piece)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • μοχλός noun (rigid piece)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَافِعَة noun (rigid piece)
  • عَتَلَة noun (rigid piece)
  • مُحْل noun (rigid piece)
  • مُخْل noun (rigid piece)

Armenian

1 entries
  • լծակ noun (rigid piece)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ling noun (rigid piece)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • һалмауыр noun (rigid piece)

Basque

2 entries
  • altxaprima noun (rigid piece)
  • palanka noun (rigid piece)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • вага́р noun (rigid piece)
  • падва́жнік noun (rigid piece)
  • рыча́г noun (rigid piece)

Bengali

1 entries
  • লিভার noun (rigid piece)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • лост noun (rigid piece)
  • ръ́чка noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကုတ် noun (rigid piece)

Catalan

3 entries
  • alçaprem noun (rigid piece)
  • palanca noun (rigid piece)
  • palanca noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Central Melanau

2 entries
  • suwil noun (rigid piece)
  • tuwaih noun (rigid piece)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 槓桿 /杠杆 noun (rigid piece)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • cuammītl noun (rigid piece)

Czech

2 entries
  • páka noun (rigid piece)
  • páka noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Danish

1 entries
  • vægtstang noun (rigid piece)

Dutch

2 entries
  • hefboom noun (rigid piece)
  • hendel noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • baskulo noun (rigid piece)
  • baskulo noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  • levilo noun (rigid piece)
  • levstango noun (rigid piece)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kang noun (rigid piece)

Finnish

4 entries
  • vipu noun (rigid piece)
  • vipu noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  • vivuta verb (to move with a lever)
  • vivuttaa verb (to use like a lever)

French

3 entries
  • levier noun (rigid piece)
  • levier noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  • manette noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Galician

4 entries
  • alzaprema noun (rigid piece)
  • bimbarra noun (rigid piece)
  • cambón noun (rigid piece)
  • gurra noun (rigid piece)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ბერკეტი noun (rigid piece)
  • ბერკეტი noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

German

3 entries
  • Hebel noun (rigid piece)
  • Hebel noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  • hebeln verb (to move with a lever)

Greek

2 entries
  • μοχλός noun (rigid piece)
  • μοχλός noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ઉચ્ચાલક noun (rigid piece)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מָנוֹף noun (rigid piece)

Hindi

2 entries
  • उत्तोलक noun (rigid piece)
  • लीवर noun (rigid piece)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • emelő noun (rigid piece)
  • emelőrúd noun (rigid piece)
  • fogantyú noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  • kar noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • lyftistöng noun (rigid piece)
  • vogarstöng noun (rigid piece)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • pengungkit noun (rigid piece)
  • tuas noun (rigid piece)

Irish

1 entries
  • luamhán noun (rigid piece)

Italian

2 entries
  • leva noun (rigid piece)
  • levetta noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 梃子 noun (rigid piece)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • иінтірек noun (rigid piece)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • ngàu verb (to move with a lever)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គម្នាស់ noun (rigid piece)
  • ដងថ្លឹង noun (rigid piece)

Korean

2 entries
  • 지레 noun (rigid piece)
  • 지레 noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • рычаг noun (rigid piece)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຊະແລງ noun (rigid piece)
  • ລີ້ນ noun (rigid piece)
  • ໄມ້ງັດ noun (rigid piece)

Latin

1 entries
  • vectis noun (rigid piece)

Latvian

1 entries
  • svira noun (rigid piece)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • svertas noun (rigid piece)
  • svirtis noun (rigid piece)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • лост noun (rigid piece)

Malay

4 entries
  • pengumpil noun (rigid piece)
  • pengungkil noun (rigid piece)
  • pengungkit noun (rigid piece)
  • tuas noun (rigid piece)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഉത്തോലകം noun (rigid piece)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хөшүүрэг noun (rigid piece)

Māori

4 entries
  • hua noun (rigid piece)
  • kauwhiti noun (rigid piece)
  • tūwhiti noun (rigid piece)
  • huaranga verb (to move with a lever)

Newar

1 entries
  • थिँभः noun (rigid piece)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • spak noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • vektstang noun (rigid piece)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • vektstong noun (rigid piece)

Pashto

4 entries
  • اړم noun (rigid piece)
  • اړمی noun (rigid piece)
  • خريز noun (rigid piece)
  • دغری noun (rigid piece)

Persian

1 entries
  • اهرم noun (rigid piece)

Polish

4 entries
  • drążek noun (rigid piece)
  • dźwignia noun (rigid piece)
  • lewar noun (rigid piece)
  • wajcha noun (rigid piece)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • alavanca noun (rigid piece)
  • alavanca noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  • alavancar verb (to move with a lever)

Romanian

1 entries
  • pârghie noun (rigid piece)

Russian

1 entries
  • рыча́г noun (rigid piece)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pòluga noun (rigid piece)
  • по̀луга noun (rigid piece)

Slovak

2 entries
  • páka noun (rigid piece)
  • páka noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vzvod noun (rigid piece)

Spanish

4 entries
  • maneta noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  • palanca noun (rigid piece)
  • palanca noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)
  • ampliar capital verb (finance: to increase the share of debt)

Swedish

2 entries
  • hävstång noun (rigid piece)
  • spak noun (small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • dalawit noun (rigid piece)

Tajik

3 entries
  • дастак noun (rigid piece)
  • фашанг noun (rigid piece)
  • фишанг noun (rigid piece)

Tamil

1 entries
  • நெம்புகோல் noun (rigid piece)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తులాదండము noun (rigid piece)

Thai

1 entries
  • คาน noun (rigid piece)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kaldıraç noun (rigid piece)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • leňňer noun (rigid piece)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ва́жіль noun (rigid piece)
  • підва́га noun (rigid piece)
  • підо́йма noun (rigid piece)

Urdu

1 entries
  • لیور noun (rigid piece)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • dastak noun (rigid piece)
  • pishang noun (rigid piece)
  • richag noun (rigid piece)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đòn bẩy noun (rigid piece)

Walloon

2 entries
  • djîsse noun (rigid piece)
  • levî noun (rigid piece)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • hefaerm noun (rigid piece)
  • hefbeam noun (rigid piece)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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Press down on the lever.

Source: tatoeba (29503)

The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.

Source: tatoeba (35807)

They lifted the rock by means of a lever.

Source: tatoeba (305732)

You can adjust the seat height by moving the adjustment lever up.

Source: tatoeba (329211)

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