noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈfɔɹklɪft/
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noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 2
To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: self-propelled vehicle
History
Etymology
From fork + lift.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
pirun ngritës
— small industrial vehicle
Arabic:
رَافِعَةٌ شَوْكِيَّةٌ
(rāfiʕatun šawkiyyatun)
— small industrial vehicle
Belarusian:
аўтапагру́зчык
(awtapahrúzčyk)
— small industrial vehicle
Belarusian:
аўтака́р
(awtakár)
— small industrial vehicle
Bulgarian:
мотока́р
(motokár)
— small industrial vehicle
Bulgarian:
автока́р
(avtokár)
— small industrial vehicle
Catalan:
carretó elevador
— small industrial vehicle
Catalan:
toro mecànic
— small industrial vehicle
Chinese Mandarin:
叉車 /叉车
(chāchē)
— small industrial vehicle
Chinese Mandarin:
鏟車 /铲车
(chǎnchē)
— small industrial vehicle
Chinese Mandarin:
堆高機 /堆高机
(duīgāojī)
— small industrial vehicle
Czech:
vysokozdvižný vozík
— small industrial vehicle
Danish:
gaffeltruck
— small industrial vehicle
Danish:
truck
— small industrial vehicle
Dutch:
vorkheftruck
— small industrial vehicle
Dutch:
heftruck
— small industrial vehicle
Dutch:
vorklift
— small industrial vehicle
Esperanto:
ĉarelo
— small industrial vehicle
Esperanto:
levĉaro
— small industrial vehicle
Estonian:
kahveltõstuk
— small industrial vehicle
Faroese:
trukkur
— small industrial vehicle
Faroese:
gaffiltrukkur
— small industrial vehicle
Finnish:
haarukkatrukki
— small industrial vehicle
Finnish:
trukki
— small industrial vehicle
French:
chariot élévateur
— small industrial vehicle
French:
élévateur
— small industrial vehicle
French:
clark
— small industrial vehicle
Galician:
carretilla elevadora
— small industrial vehicle
German:
Gabelstapler
— small industrial vehicle
Greek:
περονοφόρο
(peronofóro)
— small industrial vehicle
Hebrew:
מַלְגֵּזָה
(malgezá)
— small industrial vehicle
Hindi:
फ़ोर्कलिफ़्ट
(forkalifṭ)
— small industrial vehicle
Hungarian:
targonca
— small industrial vehicle
Hungarian:
emelővillás targonca
— small industrial vehicle
Icelandic:
lyftari
— small industrial vehicle
Indonesian:
truk angkat susun
— small industrial vehicle
Irish:
forcardaitheoir
— small industrial vehicle
Italian:
muletto
— small industrial vehicle
Italian:
carrello elevatore
— small industrial vehicle
Japanese:
フォークリフト
(fōkurifuto)
— small industrial vehicle
Kazakh:
айырлы тиегіш
(aiyrly tiegış)
— small industrial vehicle
Korean:
지게차
(jigecha)
— small industrial vehicle
Korean:
포크리프트
(pokeuripeuteu)
— small industrial vehicle
Macedonian:
виљушкар
(viljuškar)
— small industrial vehicle
Malay:
trak angkat susun
— small industrial vehicle
Māori:
wakatīrou
— small industrial vehicle
Māori:
wakahiki
— small industrial vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål:
gaffeltruck
— small industrial vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål:
truck
— small industrial vehicle
Norwegian Nynorsk:
gaffeltruck
— small industrial vehicle
Norwegian Nynorsk:
truck
— small industrial vehicle
Pannonian Rusyn:
видлїчкар
(vidljičkar)
— small industrial vehicle
Iranian Persian:
لیفْتِراک
(lifterâk)
— small industrial vehicle
Polish:
wózek widłowy
— small industrial vehicle
Polish:
wózek jezdniowy
— small industrial vehicle
Portuguese:
empilhadeira
— small industrial vehicle
Portuguese:
empilhadora
— small industrial vehicle
Portuguese:
empilhador
— small industrial vehicle
Romanian:
stivuitor
— small industrial vehicle
Romanian:
motostivuitor
— small industrial vehicle
Russian:
ви́лочный погру́зчик
(víločnyj pogrúzčik)
— small industrial vehicle
Russian:
автопогру́зчик
(avtopogrúzčik)
— small industrial vehicle
Russian:
автока́р
(avtokár)
— small industrial vehicle
Serbo-Croatian:
vȉličār
— small industrial vehicle
Serbo-Croatian:
vìljuškār
— small industrial vehicle
Serbo-Croatian:
ви̏лича̄р
— small industrial vehicle
Serbo-Croatian:
вѝљушка̄р
— small industrial vehicle
Silesian:
widłowy wůzek
— small industrial vehicle
Slovak:
vysokozdvižný vozík
— small industrial vehicle
Slovene:
viličar
— small industrial vehicle
Spanish:
montacargas
— small industrial vehicle
Spanish:
carretilla elevadora
— small industrial vehicle
Spanish:
grúa horquilla
— small industrial vehicle
Spanish:
pato
— small industrial vehicle
Spanish:
mula
— small industrial vehicle
Spanish:
toro
— small industrial vehicle
Spanish:
montacarga
— small industrial vehicle
Swedish:
gaffeltruck
— small industrial vehicle
Swedish:
truck
— small industrial vehicle
Thai:
รถยก
(rót-yók)
— small industrial vehicle
Turkish:
kaldırmaç
— small industrial vehicle
Ukrainian:
автованта́жник
(avtovantážnyk)
— small industrial vehicle
Ukrainian:
автонаванта́жувач
(avtonavantážuvač)
— small industrial vehicle
Ukrainian:
ви́лочний наванта́жувач
(výločnyj navantážuvač)
— small industrial vehicle
Ukrainian:
автовізо́к
(avtovizók)
— small industrial vehicle
Ukrainian:
автока́р
(avtokár)
— small industrial vehicle
Uzbek:
avtopogruzchik
— small industrial vehicle
Vietnamese:
xe nâng hạ
— small industrial vehicle
Welsh:
wagen fforch godi
— small industrial vehicle
