forklift

forklift

English

Etymology

fork +‎ lift

Noun

forklift (plural forklifts)

1. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

Synonyms

• fork hoist
• forklift truck
• fork truck
• hi-lo
• jitney
• lift truck
• sideloader
• stacker-truck
• tow-motor
• trailer loader

 

Derived terms

• forklift driver
• forklifter
• forklift operator

 

Translations

small industrial vehicle

Arabic: رَافِعَةٌ شَوْكِيَّةٌ‎ f (rāfiʿatun šawkiyyatun) Catalan: carretó elevador m, toro mecànic m Chinese: Mandarin: 叉車／叉车 (zh) (chāchē), 鏟車／铲车 (zh) (chǎnchē), 堆高機／堆高机 (zh) (duīgāojī) Czech: vysokozdvižný vozík (cs) m Danish: gaffeltruck, (slang) truck Dutch: vorkheftruck (nl) Esperanto: ĉarelo, levĉaro Estonian: kahveltõstuk Faroese: trukkur m, gaffiltrukkur m Finnish: haarukkatrukki, trukki (fi) French: chariot élévateur (fr) m, élévateur (fr) m Galician: carretilla elevadora f German: Gabelstapler (de) m Greek: περονοφόρο (el) n (peronofóro) Hebrew: מַלְגֵּזָה‎ (he) f (malgḗzā) Hungarian: targonca (hu), emelővillás targonca Icelandic: gaffallyftari m Irish: forcardaitheoir m Italian: muletto (it) m, carrello elevatore (it) m Japanese: フォークリフト (ja) (fōkurifuto) Kazakh: айырлы тиегіш (aiyrly tiegış) Korean: 지게차 (jigecha) Macedonian: виљушкар m (viljuškar) Norwegian: Bokmål: gaffeltruck m, truck (no) m Nynorsk: gaffeltruck m, truck m Polish: wózek widłowy (pl) Portuguese: empilhadeira (pt) f (Brazil), empilhadora (pt) f (Portugal), empilhador m (Portugal) Romanian: stivuitor (ro), motostivuitor n Russian: ви́лочный погру́зчик (ru) m (víločnyj pogrúzčik), автопогру́зчик (ru) m (avtopogrúzčik) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: vȉličār (sh) m, vìljuškār (sh) m Roman: ви̏лича̄р m, вѝљушка̄р m Silesian: widłowy wůzek Slovak: vysokozdvižný vozík Spanish: montacargas (es) m (Latin America), carretilla elevadora f (Spain), grúa horquilla f (Chile), pato (es) m (Peru, colloquial), mula (es) m (Argentina), toro (es) m (Spain, colloquial) Swedish: gaffeltruck (sv) c, truck (sv) c Thai: รถยก (rót-yók) Turkish: kaldırmaç (tr) Ukrainian: автованта́жник (uk) m (avtovantážnyk) Welsh: wagen fforch godi f

Verb

forklift (third-person singular simple present forklifts, present participle forklifting, simple past and past participle forklifted)

1. To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
   • 2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver (page 49)

     With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.