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)

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

Coordinate terms

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)

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