Meanings
nounchairlift (plural chairlifts)
plural chairlifts · alternative chair lift · alternative chair-lift
- A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*kətá
- Ancient Greekκατά (katá)
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*sedreh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*hédrā
- Ancient Greekἕδρα (hédra)
- Ancient Greekκᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)
- Latincathedra
- Old Frenchchaiere
- Middle Englishchayere
- Englishchair
- Englishlift
- Englishchairlift
Translations
Bulgarian лифт
- лифт (lift)moving series of open seats
Catalan telecadira, telesella
- telecadiramoving series of open seats
- telesellamoving series of open seats
Chinese Mandarin 纜車 /缆车
- 纜車 /缆车 (lǎnchē)moving series of open seats
Dutch stoeltjeslift
- stoeltjesliftmoving series of open seats
Finnish tuolihissi
- tuolihissimoving series of open seats
French télésiège
- télésiègemoving series of open seats
German Sessellift, Sesselbahn
- Sesselliftmoving series of open seats
- Sesselbahnmoving series of open seats
Hungarian sílift, libegő
- síliftmoving series of open seats
- libegőmoving series of open seats
Italian seggiovia
- seggioviamoving series of open seats
Norwegian Bokmål stolheis
- stolheismoving series of open seats
Persian تلهسییژ
- تلهسییژ (tele-siyež)moving series of open seats
Polish wyciąg krzesełkowy, kolej krzesełkowa
- wyciąg krzesełkowymoving series of open seats
- kolej krzesełkowamoving series of open seats
- kolejka krzesełkowamoving series of open seats
Spanish telesilla
- telesillamoving series of open seats
Swedish sittlift, stollift
- sittliftmoving series of open seats
- stolliftmoving series of open seats
Turkish telesiyej
- telesiyejmoving series of open seats
Cite this entry
APA
chairlift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairlift
MLA
“chairlift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairlift. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chairlift,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chairlift.
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