ascensor
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin ascēnsor.
Noun
ascensor m (plural ascensores)
- lift, elevator
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ascēnsor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.sənˈso/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.senˈsoɾ/
Audio (Catalonia) (file)
Noun
ascensor m (plural ascensors)
- elevator, lift
Further reading
- “ascensor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ascensor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “ascensor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ascensor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Latin ascēnsor.
Noun
ascensor m (plural ascensores)
- lift, elevator
Further reading
- “ascensor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Latin
Etymology
ad- (“(up) to”) + scandō (“climb”) + -tor (agentive suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈken.sor/, [äs̠ˈkẽːs̠ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aʃˈʃen.sor/, [äʃˈʃɛnsor]
Noun
ascēnsor m (genitive ascēnsōris); third declension
- A person who ascends
- rider, charioteer (person who mounts a horse or rides a chariot)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ascēnsor | ascēnsōrēs |
| Genitive | ascēnsōris | ascēnsōrum |
| Dative | ascēnsōrī | ascēnsōribus |
| Accusative | ascēnsōrem | ascēnsōrēs |
| Ablative | ascēnsōre | ascēnsōribus |
| Vocative | ascēnsor | ascēnsōrēs |
Descendants
- → Asturian: ascensor
- → Catalan: ascensor
- → French: ascenseur
- → Galician: ascensor
- → Italian: ascensore
- → Portuguese: ascensor
- → Romanian: ascensor
- → Spanish: ascensor
References
- “ascensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ascensor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ascensor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ascēnsōrem.
Noun
ascensor m (plural ascensores)
- lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
- Synonym: elevador
Further reading
- “ascensor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French ascenseur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.t͡ʃenˈsor/
Noun
ascensor n (plural ascensoare)
- elevator, lift
- Synonym: lift
Declension
Declension of ascensor
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ascensor | ascensorul | (niște) ascensoare | ascensoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ascensor | ascensorului | (unor) ascensoare | ascensoarelor |
| vocative | ascensorule | ascensoarelor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ascēnsor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /asθenˈsoɾ/ [as.θẽnˈsoɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /asenˈsoɾ/ [a.sẽnˈsoɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: as‧cen‧sor
Noun
ascensor m (plural ascensores)
- (not used in Mexico) elevator, lift
- Synonym: (Mexico, also sometimes in El Salvador) elevador
Derived terms
- ascensorista
Related terms
- ascender
Further reading
- “ascensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014