Phrase guide

pallet jack

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A manually operated device used to lift and move pallets chiefly within a warehouse; the most basic form of a forklift.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hand truck, pallet truck, pump truck, pallet pump, jigger, scooter

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: portapalets — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Catalan: transpalet — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Czech: paletový vozík — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Czech: paleťák — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Danish: palleløfter — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Danish: pallevogn — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Dutch: transpallet — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Dutch: palletwagen — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Estonian: rokla — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Estonian: käsikahveltõstuk — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Estonian: käsikahvelkäru — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Finnish: pumppukärry — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Finnish: haarukkavaunu — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • French: transpalette — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • German: Hubwagen — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Hungarian: kézi targonca — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Hungarian: kézi/villás raklapemelő — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Hungarian: béka — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Italian: transpallet — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Kazakh: көлік арбашық (kölık arbaşyq) — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jekketralle — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Polish: paleciak — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Polish: wózek ręczny paletowy unoszący — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Portuguese: paleteira — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Portuguese: transpaleteira — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Portuguese: porta-paletes — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Romanian: transpalet — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Russian: гидравли́ческая теле́жка (gidravlíčeskaja teléžka) — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Serbo-Croatian: paletar — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Spanish: patín hidráulico — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Spanish: transpaleta — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Spanish: transpalé — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Swedish: handtruck — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Swedish: palltruck — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Swedish: pallvagn — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Swedish: palldragare — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Turkish: transpalet — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
  • Ukrainian: гідравлічний візок (hidravličnyj vizok) — manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets