ladder

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlad.ə/
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• General-American: /ˈlæd.ɚ/
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• General-American: [ˈlæɾ.ɚ]
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• rhymes with -ædə(ɹ)
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• homophone: latter (with flapping)
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• CMU ARPABET: L AE1 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English ladder, laddre; from Old English hlǣder, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlóydhrom, from *ḱley- (“to lean”). Compare Scots ledder, North Frisian ladder, Saterland Frisian Laadere, West Frisian ljedder, Dutch ladder, German Leiter; also Old Irish clithar (“hedge”), and Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌈𐌓𐌀𐌌 (kleθram, “stretcher”). See lean, which is related to lid. Further cognates include Ashkun istrī, Kamkata-viri c̣ik, Prasuni čik, čix; Waigali c̣iř, Sanskrit श्रिति (śrití).

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: амардуан (amardwan) — climbing tool
• Afrikaans: leer — climbing tool
• Albanian: shkallë — climbing tool
• Northern Altai: паскыш (paskïš) — climbing tool
• Southern Altai: баскыш (baskïš) — climbing tool
• Southern Altai: тепкиш (tepkiš) — climbing tool
• Arabic: سُلَّم (sullam) — climbing tool
• Arabic: سلوم (sallūm) — climbing tool
• Arabic: سلَّم (sullām, sillām) — climbing tool
• Aragonese: escalera — climbing tool
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܸܡܲܠܬܵܐ (simaltā) — climbing tool
• Armenian: աստիճան (astičan) — climbing tool
• Armenian: սանդուղք (sanduġkʻ) — climbing tool
• Armenian: փիլաքյան (pʻilakʻyan) — climbing tool
• Aromanian: scarã — climbing tool
• Assamese: জখলা (zokhola) — climbing tool
• Asturian: escalera — climbing tool
• Azerbaijani: nərdivan — climbing tool
• Bashkir: баҫҡыс (baśqıs) — climbing tool
• Basque: eskailera — climbing tool
• Belarusian: ле́свіца (ljésvica) — climbing tool
• Belarusian: драбі́ны (drabíny) — climbing tool
• Bengali: মই (moi) — climbing tool
• Bislama: lada — climbing tool
• Breton: skeul — climbing tool
• Bulgarian: стъ́лба (stǎ́lba) — climbing tool
• Burmese: လှေကား (hleka:) — climbing tool
• Burushaski: ćhiṣ — climbing tool
• Catalan: escala — climbing tool
• Chechen: лами (lami) — climbing tool
• Cherokee: ᎠᏴᏠ (ayvtlo) — climbing tool
• Chinese Cantonese: 梯 (tai1) — climbing tool
• Chinese: тиҗя (tijia) — climbing tool
• Eastern Min Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 — climbing tool
• Eastern Min Chinese: 梯 (tăi) — climbing tool
• Gan Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 (leu4 ti) — climbing tool
• Hakka Chinese: 梯 (thôi) — climbing tool
• Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 (zh-min-nan) — climbing tool
• Chinese: 梯 (thui) — climbing tool
• Jin Chinese: 梯子 (ti1 zeh) — climbing tool
• Jin Chinese: 樓梯 /楼梯 (lou1 ti1) — climbing tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 梯子 (tīzi) — climbing tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 扶梯 (fútī) — climbing tool
• Northern Min Chinese: 樓階 /楼阶 (lê-gó) — climbing tool
• Wu Chinese: 胡梯 — climbing tool
• Xiang Chinese: 梯子 (ti1 zr) — climbing tool
• Choctaw: aboiya — climbing tool
• West Circassian: дэкӏояпӏэ (dɛkwʼojapʼɛ) — climbing tool
• West Circassian: лъэой (lsɛwoj) — climbing tool
• Czech: žebřík — climbing tool
• Danish: stige — climbing tool
• Dutch: ladder — climbing tool
• Esperanto: eskalo — climbing tool
• Esperanto: ŝtupetaro — climbing tool
• Estonian: redel — climbing tool
• Faroese: stigi — climbing tool
• Finnish: tikkaat — climbing tool
• Finnish: tikapuut — climbing tool
• French: échelle — climbing tool
• North Frisian: lääder — climbing tool
• Friulian: scjale — climbing tool
• Friulian: sčhale — climbing tool
• Galician: escada — climbing tool
• Galician: esqueira — climbing tool
• Georgian: კიბე (ḳibe) — climbing tool
• German: Leiter — climbing tool
• Greek: σκάλα (skála) — climbing tool
• Ancient Greek: κλῖμαξ (klîmax) — climbing tool
• Hanunoo: agdan — climbing tool
• Hebrew: סולם — climbing tool
• Hebrew: סֻלָּם (sulám) — climbing tool
• Higaonon: hagudan — climbing tool
• Hindi: सीढ़ी (sīṛhī) — climbing tool
• White Hmong: ntaiv — climbing tool
• Hungarian: létra — climbing tool
• Hunsrik: Leeter — climbing tool
• Icelandic: stigi — climbing tool
• Ido: skalo — climbing tool
• Indonesian: tangga — climbing tool
• Indonesian: jenjang — climbing tool
• Ingrian: turpaat — climbing tool
• Ingush: лоами (loami) — climbing tool
• Irish: dréimire — climbing tool
• Italian: scala — climbing tool
• Japanese: 梯子 (hashigo) — climbing tool
• Javanese: andha — climbing tool
• Kannada: ಏಣಿ (ēṇi) — climbing tool
• Kazakh: басқыш (basqyş) — climbing tool
• Kazakh: баспалдақ (baspaldaq) — climbing tool
• Kazakh: саты (saty) — climbing tool
• Kazakh: тепкішек (tepkışek) — climbing tool
• Khmer: ជណ្ដើរ (cɔɔcŭəndaə) — climbing tool
• Korean: 사다리 (sadari) — climbing tool
• Korean: 사닥다리 (sadakdari) — climbing tool
• Central Kurdish: پەیژە (peyje) — climbing tool
• Northern Kurdish: peyje — climbing tool
• Kyrgyz: баскыч (baskıc) — climbing tool
• Kyrgyz: тепкич (tepkic) — climbing tool
• Kyrgyz: шаты (şatı) — climbing tool
• Lao: ຂັ້ນໄດ — climbing tool
• Latin: scāla — climbing tool
• Latvian: kāpnes — climbing tool
• Latvian: trepes — climbing tool
• Lithuanian: kopėčios — climbing tool
• Low German: Ledder — climbing tool
• Luhya: ingasi — climbing tool
• Lushootseed: səxwʔigwəɬ — climbing tool
• Luxembourgish: Leeder — climbing tool
• Macedonian: скала (skala) — climbing tool
• Malay: tangga — climbing tool
• Malayalam: ഏണി (ēṇi) — climbing tool
• Maltese: sellum — climbing tool
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: heɣezan — climbing tool
• Mansaka: agdan — climbing tool
• Māori: arawhata — climbing tool
• Marathi: शिडी (śiḍī) — climbing tool
• Mazanderani: سردی (serdi) — climbing tool
• Mazanderani: کاتی (kāti) — climbing tool
• Mongolian: шат (šat) — climbing tool
• Navajo: haazʼéí — climbing tool
• Norwegian Bokmål: stige — climbing tool
• Norwegian Bokmål: leider — climbing tool
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stige — climbing tool
• Norwegian Nynorsk: leider — climbing tool
• Occitan: escala — climbing tool
• Ojibwe: akwaandawaagan — climbing tool
• Pashto: زينه (zēna) — climbing tool
• Dari: زِینَه (zīna) — climbing tool
• Iranian Persian: نَرْدِبان (nardebân) — climbing tool
• Pijin: lada — climbing tool
• Plautdietsch: Lada — climbing tool
• Polish: drabina — climbing tool
• Portuguese: escada — climbing tool
• Punjabi: ਪੌੜੀ (pauṛī) — climbing tool
• Romanian: scară — climbing tool
• Romansh: stgala — climbing tool
• Romansh: scala — climbing tool
• Romansh: stgeala — climbing tool
• Russian: ле́стница (léstnica) — climbing tool
• Russian: стремя́нка (stremjánka) — climbing tool
• Scots: ledder — climbing tool
• Scottish Gaelic: fàradh — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: lojtre — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̏стве — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: ље̏стве — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̏ствица — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: ље̏ствица — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: lȅstve — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: ljȅstve — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: lȅstvica — climbing tool
• Serbo-Croatian: ljȅstvica — climbing tool
• Silesian: drabina — climbing tool
• Slovak: rebrík — climbing tool
• Slovene: lestev — climbing tool
• Spanish: escalera — climbing tool
• Spanish: escala — climbing tool
• Spanish: escalera de mano — climbing tool
• Spanish: escalera portátil — climbing tool
• Spanish: escalera manual — climbing tool
• Spanish: escalera vertical — climbing tool
• Spanish: quiroescalera — climbing tool
• Swahili: ngazi — climbing tool
• Swedish: stege — climbing tool
• Sylheti: ꠌꠃꠇꠣꠝ (soukam) — climbing tool
• Tagalog: akyatan — climbing tool
• Tagalog: hagdan — climbing tool
• Tajik: нардабон (nardabon) — climbing tool
• Tajik: нардбон (nardbon) — climbing tool
• Tajik: зинапоя (zinapoya) — climbing tool
• Tamil: ஏணி (ēṇi) — climbing tool
• Taos: į̂ęthuną — climbing tool
• Tausug: hagdan — climbing tool
• Telugu: నిచ్చెన (niccena) — climbing tool
• Thai: กระได (grà-dai) — climbing tool
• Tibetan: སྐས་འཛེག (skas 'dzeg) — climbing tool
• Turkish: merdiven — climbing tool
• Ottoman Turkish: نردبان (nerdiban) — climbing tool
• Turkmen: merdiwan — climbing tool
• Ukrainian: драби́на (drabýna) — climbing tool
• Ukrainian: стрем'я́нка (stremʺjánka) — climbing tool
• Urdu: سِیڑْھی (sīṛhī) — climbing tool
• Uyghur: شوتا (shota) — climbing tool
• Uzbek: narvon — climbing tool
• Uzbek: shoti — climbing tool
• Uzbek: zina — climbing tool
• Uzbek: pillapoya — climbing tool
• Vietnamese: thang — climbing tool
• Volapük: xänöm — climbing tool
• Walloon: schåle — climbing tool
• Welsh: ysgol — climbing tool
• Yiddish: לייטער (leyter) — climbing tool
• Zazaki: merwan — climbing tool
• Zulu: isenyukelo — climbing tool
• Afrikaans: leer — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Catalan: escalafó — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Dutch: ladder — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Russian: ле́стница (léstnica) — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̏ствица — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Serbo-Croatian: ље̏ствица — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Serbo-Croatian: lȅstvica — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Serbo-Croatian: ljȅstvica — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Slovak: rebríček — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Slovak: hierarchia — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Spanish: escalafón — the hierarchy or ranking system within an organization
• Afrikaans: leer — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Bulgarian: бримка (brimka) — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Catalan: carrera — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Catalan: rega — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Dutch: ladder — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Esperanto: dismaŝigo — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Finnish: silmäpako — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• German: Laufmasche — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Greek: πόντος (póntos) — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Hebrew: רַכֶּבֶת (rakévet) — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Italian: smagliatura — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Russian: стре́лка (strélka) — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Serbo-Croatian: pobjegla očica — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Serbo-Croatian: pobegla očica — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Slovak: očko — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment
• Spanish: carrera — length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment