"handrail" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: handrails [plural]
Etymology: hand + rail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|rail}} hand + rail Head templates: {{en-noun}} handrail (plural handrails)
  1. A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase, ramp or other walkway, and serving as a support or guard. Translations (rail which can be held): دَرَابْزُون (darābzūn) [masculine] (Arabic), բազրիք (bazrikʻ) (Armenian), ճաղաշար (čaġašar) (Armenian), məhəccər (Azerbaijani), sürahi (Azerbaijani), парэ́нча (parénča) [feminine] (Belarusian), по́ручань (póručanʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), бі́льцы (bílʹcy) [masculine, plural] (Belarusian), пери́ло (perílo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), နရန်း (na.ran:) (Burmese), လက်တန်း (laktan:) (Burmese), လက်ရန်း (lak-ran:) (Burmese), arrambador [masculine] (Catalan), barana [feminine] (Catalan), passamà [masculine] (Catalan), 扶手 (fúshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), zábradlí [neuter] (Czech), gelænder (Danish), käsipuu (Estonian), rimaverk [neuter] (Faroese), rimagirðing [neuter] (Faroese), kaide (Finnish), käsijohde (Finnish), rambarde [feminine] (French), main courante [feminine] (French), მოაჯირი (moaǯiri) (Georgian), Geländer [neuter] (German), Handlauf [masculine] (German), κάγκελο (kágkelo) [neuter] (Greek), κουπαστή (koupastí) [feminine] (Greek), डंडा (ḍaṇḍā) [masculine] (Hindi), रेलिंग (reliṅg) (Hindi), korlát (Hungarian), kapaszkodó (Hungarian), handrið [neuter] (Icelandic), käsipuu (Ingrian), corrimano [masculine] (Italian), ringhiera [feminine] (Italian), balaustra [feminine] (Italian), parapetto [masculine] (Italian), 手摺 (tesuri) (alt: てすり) (Japanese), 手すり (tesuri) (alt: てすり) (Japanese), 欄干 (rankan) (alt: らんかん) (Japanese), guyabnan (Kapampangan), បង្កាន់ (bɑɑbɑngkan) (Khmer), បង្កាន់ដៃ (bɑɑbɑngkan day) (Khmer), ភ្នាក់ដៃ (phnĕək day) (Khmer), ដៃជណ្ដើរ (day cɔɔcŭəndaə) (Khmer), 난간 (nan'gan) (Korean), 란간 (ran'gan) [North-Korea] (Korean), turėklas [masculine] (Lithuanian), геле́ндер (gelénder) [masculine] (Macedonian), парапе́т (parapét) [masculine] (Macedonian), poġġaman (Maltese), puringa (Maori), rekkverk (Norwegian Bokmål), gelender [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), rekkverk (Norwegian Nynorsk), gelender (Norwegian Nynorsk), طرابزان (tarabizan) (Ottoman Turkish), Wolm [masculine] (Plautdietsch), poręcz [feminine] (Polish), corrimão [masculine] (Portuguese), mână curentă [feminine] (Romanian), пери́ла (períla) [neuter, plural] (Russian), по́ручень (póručenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ру̏кохва̄т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rȕkohvāt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zábradlie [neuter] (Slovak), ograja [feminine] (Slovene), pasamano [masculine] (Spanish), barandilla [feminine] (Spanish), ledstång [common-gender] (Swedish), räcke [neuter] (Swedish), gabay (Tagalog), ราว (raao) (Thai), tırabzan (Turkish), пери́ла (perýla) [neuter, plural] (Ukrainian), пору́ччя (porúččja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), по́ручень (póručenʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), би́льце (býlʹce) [neuter] (Ukrainian), tay vịn (Vietnamese), thanh vịn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-handrail-en-noun-olB6inF- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'rail which can be held': 81 19
  2. A moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support. Translations (moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support): kapaszkodószalag (Hungarian), gumikorlát (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-handrail-en-noun-x~LGOMvR Disambiguation of 'moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: balustrade, banister, handhold, railing

Inflected forms

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          "word": "corrimano"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ringhiera"
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          "word": "balaustra"
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          "word": "parapetto"
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          "alt": "てすり",
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          "roman": "tesuri",
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          "word": "手摺"
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          "alt": "らんかん",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rankan",
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          "word": "欄干"
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          "word": "guyabnan"
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          "word": "បង្កាន់"
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          "roman": "day cɔɔcŭəndaə",
          "sense": "rail which can be held",
          "word": "ដៃជណ្ដើរ"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
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          "sense": "rail which can be held",
          "word": "난간"
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          "word": "란간"
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          "word": "turėklas"
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          "word": "геле́ндер"
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          "word": "ру̏кохва̄т"
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          "word": "rȕkohvāt"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "ograja"
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
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            "feminine"
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            "common-gender"
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "tl",
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          "sense": "rail which can be held",
          "word": "gabay"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 19",
          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "raao",
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          "word": "ราว"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 19",
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          "sense": "rail which can be held",
          "word": "tırabzan"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 19",
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          "roman": "perýla",
          "sense": "rail which can be held",
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            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
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        },
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          ],
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          "_dis1": "81 19",
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          "sense": "rail which can be held",
          "word": "tay vịn"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 19",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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        }
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}
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "բազրիք"
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      "word": "ճաղաշար"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "məhəccər"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пери́ло"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "နရန်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "လက်တန်း"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lak-ran:",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "လက်ရန်း"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arrambador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passamà"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fúshǒu",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "扶手"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zábradlí"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "gelænder"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "käsipuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rimaverk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rimagirðing"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "kaide"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "käsijohde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rambarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "main courante"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moaǯiri",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "მოაჯირი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geländer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Handlauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kágkelo",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κάγκελο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koupastí",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "ḍaṇḍā",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "डंडा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "reliṅg",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "रेलिंग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "korlát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "kapaszkodó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handrið"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "käsipuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corrimano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ringhiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balaustra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parapetto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てすり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tesuri",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "手摺"
    },
    {
      "alt": "てすり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tesuri",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "手すり"
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    {
      "alt": "らんかん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rankan",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "欄干"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "guyabnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkan",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "បង្កាន់"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑɑbɑngkan day",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "បង្កាន់ដៃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phnĕək day",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "ភ្នាក់ដៃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "day cɔɔcŭəndaə",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "ដៃជណ្ដើរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nan'gan",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "난간"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ran'gan",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "란간"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turėklas"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gelénder",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "геле́ндер"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "parapét",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парапе́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "poġġaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "puringa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "rekkverk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gelender"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "rekkverk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "gelender"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tarabizan",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "طرابزان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wolm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poręcz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corrimão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mână curentă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "períla",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "пери́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póručenʹ",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́ручень"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ру̏кохва̄т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rȕkohvāt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zábradlie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ograja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasamano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barandilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ledstång"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "räcke"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "gabay"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "raao",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "ราว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "tırabzan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perýla",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "пери́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "porúččja",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пору́ччя"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "póručenʹ",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́ручень"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "býlʹce",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "би́льце"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "tay vịn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rail which can be held",
      "word": "thanh vịn"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support",
      "word": "kapaszkodószalag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support",
      "word": "gumikorlát"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "handrail"
  ],
  "word": "handrail"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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