hoist

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• /hɔɪst/
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Alteration of earlier hoise (“to hoist”), apparently based on the past tense forms, from Middle Dutch hisen (“to hoist”). Compare modern Dutch hijsen (“to hoist”), German hissen (“to hoist”), Danish hejse (“to hoist”). Compare also French hisser (“to hoist”), Galician isar (“to hoist”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”), Catalan hissar (“to hoist”), Italian issare (“to hoist”), Portuguese içar (“to hoist”), Sicilian jisari (“to hoist”), all borrowed from a Germanic source.

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَافِعَة (rāfiʕa) — hoisting device
• Bulgarian: елеватор (elevator) — hoisting device
• Bulgarian: подемник (podemnik) — hoisting device
• Chinese Mandarin: 捲揚機 /卷扬机 — hoisting device
• Chinese Mandarin: 起重機 /起重机 (qǐzhòngjī) — hoisting device
• Finnish: nostolaite — hoisting device
• Finnish: nosturi — hoisting device
• German: Hebezeug — hoisting device
• German: Zug — hoisting device
• German: Flaschenzug — hoisting device
• German: Lastenaufzug — hoisting device
• German: Winde — hoisting device
• German: Hubwerk — hoisting device
• German: Warenaufzug — hoisting device
• German: Hebezug — hoisting device
• German: Hebebühne — hoisting device
• Italian: paranco — hoisting device
• Italian: puleggia — hoisting device
• Italian: carrucola — hoisting device
• Italian: gru — hoisting device
• Italian: elevatore — hoisting device
• Macedonian: дигалка (digalka) — hoisting device
• Russian: подъёмник (podʺjómnik) — hoisting device
• Sicilian: parànculu — hoisting device
• Spanish: aparejo — hoisting device
• Spanish: polispasto — hoisting device
• Spanish: cabria — hoisting device
• Turkish: lift — hoisting device
• Venetan: taja — hoisting device
• Chinese Mandarin: 起吊 — act of hoisting
• Chinese Mandarin: 吊升 — act of hoisting
• Finnish: nosto — act of hoisting
• Finnish: nostaminen — act of hoisting
• Chinese Mandarin: 旗面縱邊 /旗面纵边 — perpendicular height of a flag
• Chinese Mandarin: 帆的升高 (fān de shēnggāo) — perpendicular height of a flag
• Finnish: korkeus — perpendicular height of a flag
• Chinese Mandarin: 升至最高位置 (shēng zhì zuìgāo wèizhì) — vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff
• Finnish: tangonreuna — vertical edge of a flag which is next to the staff
• Chinese Mandarin: 縱帆頂帆升起位置 /纵帆顶帆升起位置 (zòng fān dǐng fān shēngqǐ wèizhì) — height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay
• Finnish: etuliikki — height of a fore-and-aft sail, next the mast or stay
• Arabic: رَفَعَ (rafaʕa) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Bulgarian: вдигам (vdigam) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Bulgarian: издигам (izdigam) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Catalan: hissar — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Chinese Mandarin: 提升 (tíshēng) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Chinese Mandarin: 升起 (shēngqǐ) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Chinese Mandarin: 吊起 — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Danish: hejse — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Dutch: optillen — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Dutch: hijsen — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Dutch: ophijsen — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Dutch: opgetrokken worden — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Esperanto: hisi — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Finnish: nostaa — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• French: hisser — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Galician: isar — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Galician: guindar — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Galician: hastear — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Galician: alar — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: hochziehen — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: hissen — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: hieven — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: aufziehen — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: aufhissen — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: aufheißen — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: heben — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: anheben — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: hochheben — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: aufwinden — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: fördern — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: hochwinden — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• German: lichten (ancor) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Hindi: फहराना (phahrānā) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Hungarian: felhúz — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Hungarian: felvon — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Irish: tóg — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Italian: elevare — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Italian: alzare — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Italian: issare — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Italian: innalzare — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Italian: sollevare — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Italian: brandire — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Japanese: 持ち上げる (mochiageru) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Kabuverdianu: isa — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Khmer: ស្ទូច (stuuc) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Māori: whakaara — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Māori: huti — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Persian: هچ کردن (hač kardan) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Polish: podnosić — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Polish: podnieść — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Polish: wciągać — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Polish: wciągnąć — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Portuguese: içar — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Portuguese: hastear — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Russian: поднима́ть (podnimátʹ) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Russian: подня́ть (podnjátʹ) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Russian: водружа́ть (vodružátʹ) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Russian: водрузи́ть (vodruzítʹ) — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Scottish Gaelic: tog — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Serbo-Croatian: uzdignuti — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Serbo-Croatian: уздигнути — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Sicilian: jisari — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Sicilian: spìnciri — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Sicilian: sùsiri — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Slovak: vztýčiť — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Slovak: zdvihnúť — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Spanish: izar — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Swedish: hissa — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Turkish: yukarı çekmek — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Turkish: çekmek — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Turkish: kaldırmak — transitive: to raise; to lift; to elevate
• Chinese Mandarin: 舉起 /举起 (jǔqǐ) — transitive: to lift a trophy
• Finnish: kohottaa — transitive: to lift a trophy
• Chinese Mandarin: 吊打 (diàodǎ) — transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged
• Finnish: nostaa — transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged
• Serbo-Croatian: podignuti — transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged
• Serbo-Croatian: подигнути — transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged
• Serbo-Croatian: pridignuti — transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged
• Serbo-Croatian: придигнути — transitive: to lift someone up to be flogged
• Chinese Mandarin: 被吊起 (bèi diàoqǐ) — intransitive: to be lifted up
• Chinese Mandarin: 被升起 (bèi shēngqǐ) — intransitive: to be lifted up
• Finnish: nousta — intransitive: to be lifted up
• Serbo-Croatian: podnimiti — intransitive: to be lifted up
• Serbo-Croatian: поднимити — intransitive: to be lifted up