ascensor

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ascēnsor.

Noun

ascensor m (plural ascensores)

lift, elevator

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascēnsōrem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencian)
Audio (Catalonia) (file)

Noun

ascensor m (plural ascensors)

elevator, lift

Further reading

“ascensor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“ascensor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“ascensor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“ascensor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascēnsōrem.

Noun

ascensor m (plural ascensores)

lift, elevator

Further reading

“ascensor” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Latin

Etymology

ad- (“(up) to”) +‎ scandō (“climb”) +‎ -tor (agentive suffix)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /asˈken.sor/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aʃˈʃen.sor/,

Noun

ascēnsor m (genitive ascēnsōris); third declension

one who ascends
rider, charioteer (person who mounts a horse or rides a chariot)
(New Latin) lift, elevator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ascēnsor	ascēnsōrēs
Genitive	ascēnsōris	ascēnsōrum
Dative	ascēnsōrī	ascēnsōribus
Accusative	ascēnsōrem	ascēnsōrēs
Ablative	ascēnsōre	ascēnsōribus
Vocative	ascēnsor	ascēnsōrēs

Descendants

→ Asturian: ascensor
→ Catalan: ascensor
→ French: ascenseur
→ Galician: ascensor
→ Italian: ascensore
→ Portuguese: ascensor
→ Romanian: ascensor
→ Spanish: ascensor

References

“ascensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ascensor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
ascensor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascēnsōrem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈsoʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈsoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈsoʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.sẽˈsoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈsoɾ/, /ɐ.sẽˈsoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ɐʃ.sẽˈso.ɾi/, /ɐ.sẽˈso.ɾi/

Hyphenation: as‧cen‧sor

Noun

ascensor m (plural ascensores)

lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
Synonym: elevador

Further reading

“ascensor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ascenseur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /as.t͡ʃenˈsor/
Audio (file)

Noun

ascensor n (plural ascensoare)

elevator, lift
Synonym: lift

Declension

Declension of ascensor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ascensor	ascensorul	(niște) ascensoare	ascensoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) ascensor	ascensorului	(unor) ascensoare	ascensoarelor
vocative	ascensorule		ascensoarelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ascēnsor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /asθenˈsoɾ/
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asenˈsoɾ/
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: as‧cen‧sor

Noun

ascensor m (plural ascensores)

(not used in Mexico) elevator, lift
Synonym: (Mexico, also sometimes in El Salvador) elevador

Derived terms

ascensorista

Related terms

ascender

Further reading

“ascensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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