chairlift

See also: chair lift and chair-lift

English

A chairlift in Bad Hofgastein, Austria

Alternative forms

• chair lift, chair-lift

Etymology

chair +‎ lift

Noun

chairlift (plural chairlifts)

1. A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.

Coordinate terms

• T-bar
• magic carpet
• ski lift

Translations

moving series of open seats

• Breton: fungador (br) f
• Catalan: telecadira f, telesella f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 纜車／缆车 (zh) (lǎnchē)

• Dutch: stoeltjeslift (nl) m
• Finnish: tuolihissi (fi)
• French: télésiège (fr) m
• German: Sessellift (de) m, Sesselbahn (de) f
• Hungarian: (for skiers) sílift (hu), (in general) libegő (hu)
• Italian: seggiovia (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stolheis (no) m

  Nynorsk: stolheis m

• Persian: تله‌سی‌یژ (tele-siyež)
• Polish: wyciąg krzesełkowy (pl) m, kolej krzesełkowa (pl) f, kolejka krzesełkowa (pl) f
• Spanish: telesilla f
• Swedish: sittlift c, stollift c
• Turkish: telesiyej (tr)