Wheelchair

//ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "wheelchair"

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8 relation types

More general

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chair

Related terms

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Merlin chair rolling chair

at location

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home

derived

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wheelchair accessible wheelchair basketball wheelchair curling wheelchair lift wheelchair motocross wheelchair racing wheelchair ramp wheelchair rugby wheelchair sport wheelchair tennis wheelchair user wheelchair-bound

derived from

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chair wheel

is a

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chair chair with wheels mobility aid seat single passenger vehicle user guided device wheeled vehicle

related to

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chair designed disabled large mounted sick transportation use wheel wheelchair lift wheelchair sport wheelchair user wheelchairbound

used for

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mobility

Translations

92 translations across 66 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

rolstoel noun (chair)

Arabic

2 entries

كُرْسِيّ لِلْمُقْعَدِين noun (chair)
كُرْسِيّ مُتَحَرِّك noun (chair)

Armenian

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անվասայլակ noun (chair)

Asturian

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siella de ruedes noun (chair)

Azerbaijani

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təkərli kürsü noun (chair)
əlil arabası noun (chair)

Bulgarian

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инвалидна количка noun (chair)

Burmese

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ဘီးတပ်ကုလားထိုင် noun (chair)

Catalan

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cadira de rodes noun (chair)

Chinese Cantonese

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輪椅 /轮椅 noun (chair)

Chinese Mandarin

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輪椅 /轮椅 noun (chair)

Cornish

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kador ros noun (chair)

Czech

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invalidní vozík noun (chair)

Danish

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kørestol noun (chair)
rullestol noun (chair)

Dutch

1 entries

rolstoel noun (chair)

Elfdalian

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rullstuol noun (chair)

Esperanto

2 entries

radseĝo noun (chair)
rulseĝo noun (chair)

Estonian

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ratastool noun (chair)

Faroese

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akstólur noun (chair)
koyristólur noun (chair)
rullistólur noun (chair)

Finnish

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pyörätuoli noun (chair)
rullatuoli noun (chair)

French

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chaise roulante noun (chair)
fauteuil roulant noun (chair)

Galician

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cadeira de rodas noun (chair)

Georgian

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ინვალიდის სავარძელი noun (chair)

German

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Fahrstuhl noun (chair)
Krankenfahrstuhl noun (chair)
Rollstuhl noun (chair)

Greek

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αναπηρικό αμαξίδιο noun (chair)
αναπηρικό καροτσάκι noun (chair)

Greenlandic

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issiavik assakaasulik noun (chair)

Hawaiian

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noho huila noun (chair)

Hebrew

2 entries

כִּסֵּא גַּלְגַּלִּים noun (chair)
כיסא גלגלים noun (chair)

Hindi

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व्हीलचेयर noun (chair)

Hungarian

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kerekesszék noun (chair)
tolókocsi noun (chair)
tolószék noun (chair)

Icelandic

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hjólastóll noun (chair)

Ido

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rulstulo noun (chair)

Indonesian

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kursi roda noun (chair)

Irish

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cathaoir rothaí noun (chair)

Italian

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sedia a rotelle noun (chair)

Japanese

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ホイールチェア noun (chair)
車椅子 noun (chair)

Khmer

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រទេះជនពិការ noun (chair)

Korean

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바퀴의자 noun (chair)
휠체어 noun (chair)

Latin

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sella rotalis noun (chair)

Latvian

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ratiņkrēsls noun (chair)

Luxembourgish

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Rollstull noun (chair)

Macedonian

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инвали́дска ко́личка noun (chair)
ко́личка noun (chair)

Maltese

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siġġu tar-roti noun (chair)

Manx

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caair wheeylagh noun (chair)

Māori

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tūru wīra noun (chair)

Navajo

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ił naalbąąsí noun (chair)

Norman

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tchaîse à reues noun (chair)

Norwegian

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rullestol noun (chair)

Pannonian Rusyn

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инвалидски кочик noun (chair)

Persian

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ویلچر noun (chair)
چرخک noun (chair)

Plautdietsch

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Rollstool noun (chair)

Polish

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wózek inwalidzki noun (chair)

Portuguese

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cadeira de rodas noun (chair)

Romanian

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scaun cu rotile noun (chair)
scaun rulant noun (chair)

Romansch

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sutga cun rodas noun (chair)

Russian

4 entries

инвали́дная коля́ска noun (chair)
инвали́дное кре́сло noun (chair)
кре́сло-ката́лка noun (chair)
кре́сло-коля́ска noun (chair)

Scottish Gaelic

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cathair-cuibhle noun (chair)

Spanish

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silla de ruedas noun (chair)

Swahili

3 entries

kiti cha magurudumu noun (chair)
kiti mwendo noun (chair)
kitimaguru noun (chair)

Swedish

1 entries

rullstol noun (chair)

Telugu

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చక్రాలకుర్చీ noun (chair)

Turkish

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tekerlekli sandalye noun (chair)

Ukrainian

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колі́сне крі́сло noun (chair)
крі́сло-ката́лка noun (chair)
інвалі́дний візо́к noun (chair)

Uyghur

1 entries

چاقلىق ئورۇندۇق noun (chair)

Vietnamese

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xe lăn noun (chair)

Volapük

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rölastul noun (chair)

Welsh

1 entries

cadair olwyn noun (chair)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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In the end, because of the disease, he became unable to walk and had to use a motorized wheelchair to get around.

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They developed a special computer system and fixed it to his wheelchair.

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Woman in a wheelchair holes up in supermarket.

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Tom can't get around without a wheelchair.

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