ascenseur

French

Etymology

From Latin ascendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.sɑ̃.sœʁ/

• ascenseur

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

ascenseur m (plural ascenseurs)

1. lift, elevator
2. scroll bar

Derived terms

• ascenseur spatial
• renvoyer l'ascenseur

 

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Hejazi Arabic: أَصَنْصيرْ‎ m (“lift”)
• → Bulgarian: асансьор (asansjor)
• → Greek: ασανσέρ n (asansér, “lift”)
• → Khmer: អាស់សង់ស័រ (ʼahsɑngsɔə)
• → Persian: آسانسور‎
• → Romanian: ascensor
• → Spanish: ascensor
• → Ottoman Turkish: آسانسور‎
  • Turkish: asansör
    • → Northern Kurdish: asansor

Further reading

• “ascenseur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).