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elevator

/ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.95 in modern English

Syllables
el-e-va-tor
IPA
/ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anything that raises or uplifts.

noun

A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; American usage

noun

A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).

American usage

noun

A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.

noun

A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.

noun

Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.

noun

A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

verb

To move in an elevator.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Latin ēlevō Latin ēlevātusder. Middle English elevat Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English elevaten English elevate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English elevator From elevate + -or.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/
  • British English: /ˈɛləˌveɪtə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

elevators (plural) elevators (present, singular) elevatoring (participle, present) elevatored (participle, past) elevatored (past)

Derived Forms

ailevator elevatorful Elevatorgate elevatorless elevatorlike elevatorman elevon inclinator jetevator nonelevator ruddervator transelevator

Phrases

elevator authority elevator butt elevator music elevator operator elevator pitch elevator shaft elevator shoe elevator surfer

Synonyms

lift

Questions

How do you pronounce elevator?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/.
What does elevator mean?
Anything that raises or uplifts.
Where does elevator come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Latin ēlevō Latin ēlevātusder. Middle English elevat Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-nom Proto-Indo-European *-onom Proto-Germanic *-aną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Old English -an Middle English -en Middle English elevaten English elevate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English elevator From elevate + -or.

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