wheelchair

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/
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• CMU ARPABET: W IY1 L CH EH2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH W IY1 L CH EH2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th2der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh2 Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English wheelchair From wheel + chair.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: rolstoel — chair
• Arabic: كُرْسِيّ لِلْمُقْعَدِين (kursiyy li-l-muqʕadīn) — chair
• Arabic: كُرْسِيّ مُتَحَرِّك (kursiyy mutaḥarrik) — chair
• Armenian: անվասայլակ (anvasaylak) — chair
• Asturian: siella de ruedes — chair
• Azerbaijani: təkərli kürsü — chair
• Azerbaijani: əlil arabası — chair
• Bulgarian: инвалидна количка (invalidna količka) — chair
• Burmese: ဘီးတပ်ကုလားထိုင် (bhi:tapku.la:htuing) — chair
• Catalan: cadira de rodes — chair
• Chinese Cantonese: 輪椅 /轮椅 (leon4 ji2) — chair
• Chinese Mandarin: 輪椅 /轮椅 (lúnyǐ) — chair
• Cornish: kador ros — chair
• Czech: invalidní vozík — chair
• Danish: rullestol — chair
• Danish: kørestol — chair
• Dutch: rolstoel — chair
• Elfdalian: rullstuol — chair
• Esperanto: rulseĝo — chair
• Esperanto: radseĝo — chair
• Estonian: ratastool — chair
• Faroese: koyristólur — chair
• Faroese: rullistólur — chair
• Faroese: akstólur — chair
• Finnish: pyörätuoli — chair
• Finnish: rullatuoli — chair
• French: fauteuil roulant — chair
• French: chaise roulante — chair
• Galician: cadeira de rodas — chair
• Georgian: ინვალიდის სავარძელი (invalidis savarʒeli) — chair
• German: Rollstuhl — chair
• German: Krankenfahrstuhl — chair
• German: Fahrstuhl — chair
• Greek: αναπηρικό καροτσάκι (anapirikó karotsáki) — chair
• Greek: αναπηρικό αμαξίδιο (anapirikó amaxídio) — chair
• Greenlandic: issiavik assakaasulik — chair
• Hawaiian: noho huila — chair
• Hebrew: כִּסֵּא גַּלְגַּלִּים — chair
• Hebrew: כיסא גלגלים (kisé galgalím) — chair
• Hindi: व्हीलचेयर (vhīlceyar) — chair
• Hungarian: kerekesszék — chair
• Hungarian: tolószék — chair
• Hungarian: tolókocsi — chair
• Icelandic: hjólastóll — chair
• Ido: rulstulo — chair
• Indonesian: kursi roda — chair
• Irish: cathaoir rothaí — chair
• Italian: sedia a rotelle — chair
• Japanese: 車椅子 (kurumaisu) — chair
• Japanese: ホイールチェア (hoīruchea) — chair
• Khmer: រទេះជនពិការ (rɔɔrɔtih cŭən pikaa) — chair
• Korean: 휠체어 (hwilcheeo) — chair
• Korean: 바퀴의자 (bakwiuija) — chair
• Latin: sella rotalis — chair
• Latvian: ratiņkrēsls — chair
• Luxembourgish: Rollstull — chair
• Macedonian: инвали́дска ко́личка (invalídska kólička) — chair
• Macedonian: ко́личка (kólička) — chair
• Maltese: siġġu tar-roti — chair
• Manx: caair wheeylagh — chair
• Māori: tūru wīra — chair
• Navajo: ił naalbąąsí — chair
• Norman: tchaîse à reues — chair
• Norwegian: rullestol — chair
• Pannonian Rusyn: инвалидски кочик (invalidski kočik) — chair
• Pannonian Rusyn: кочик (kočik) — chair
• Persian: ویلچر (vilčer) — chair
• Persian: چرخک (čarxak) — chair
• Plautdietsch: Rollstool — chair
• Polish: wózek inwalidzki — chair
• Portuguese: cadeira de rodas — chair
• Romanian: scaun rulant — chair
• Romanian: scaun cu rotile — chair
• Romansh: sutga cun rodas — chair
• Russian: кре́сло-ката́лка (kréslo-katálka) — chair
• Russian: инвали́дное кре́сло (invalídnoje kréslo) — chair
• Russian: инвали́дная коля́ска (invalídnaja koljáska) — chair
• Russian: кре́сло-коля́ска (kréslo-koljáska) — chair
• Scottish Gaelic: cathair-cuibhle — chair
• Spanish: silla de ruedas — chair
• Swahili: kitimaguru — chair
• Swahili: kiti cha magurudumu — chair
• Swahili: kiti mwendo — chair
• Swedish: rullstol — chair
• Telugu: చక్రాలకుర్చీ (cakrālakurcī) — chair
• Turkish: tekerlekli sandalye — chair
• Ukrainian: інвалі́дний візо́к (invalídnyj vizók) — chair
• Ukrainian: крі́сло-ката́лка (kríslo-katálka) — chair
• Ukrainian: колі́сне крі́сло (kolísne kríslo) — chair
• Uyghur: چاقلىق ئورۇندۇق (chaqliq orunduq) — chair
• Vietnamese: xe lăn — chair
• Volapük: rölastul — chair
• Welsh: cadair olwyn — chair