"forklift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forklifts [plural]
Etymology: fork + lift Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fork|lift}} fork + lift Head templates: {{en-noun}} forklift (plural forklifts)
  1. A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved. Categories (topical): Vehicles Synonyms: fork hoist, forklift truck, fork truck, hi-lo, jitney, lift truck, sideloader, stacker-truck, tow-motor, trailer loader Derived forms: forklift driver, forklifter, forklift operator Translations (small industrial vehicle): رَافِعَةٌ شَوْكِيَّةٌ (rāfiʕatun šawkiyyatun) [feminine] (Arabic), carretó elevador [masculine] (Catalan), toro mecànic [masculine] (Catalan), 叉車 (Chinese Mandarin), 叉车 (chāchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 鏟車 (Chinese Mandarin), 铲车 (chǎnchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 堆高機 (Chinese Mandarin), 堆高机 (duīgāojī) (Chinese Mandarin), vysokozdvižný vozík [masculine] (Czech), gaffeltruck (Danish), truck [slang] (Danish), vorkheftruck [masculine] (Dutch), heftruck [masculine] (Dutch), vorklift [masculine] (Dutch), ĉarelo (Esperanto), levĉaro (Esperanto), kahveltõstuk (Estonian), trukkur [masculine] (Faroese), gaffiltrukkur [masculine] (Faroese), haarukkatrukki (Finnish), trukki (Finnish), chariot élévateur [masculine] (French), élévateur [masculine] (French), carretilla elevadora [feminine] (Galician), Gabelstapler [masculine] (German), περονοφόρο (peronofóro) [neuter] (Greek), מַלְגֵּזָה (malgḗzā) [feminine] (Hebrew), targonca (Hungarian), emelővillás targonca (Hungarian), lyftari [masculine] (Icelandic), forcardaitheoir [masculine] (Irish), muletto [masculine] (Italian), carrello elevatore [masculine] (Italian), フォークリフト (fōkurifuto) (Japanese), айырлы тиегіш (aiyrly tiegış) (Kazakh), 지게차 (jigecha) (Korean), виљушкар (viljuškar) [masculine] (Macedonian), wakatīrou (Maori), gaffeltruck [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), truck [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gaffeltruck [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), truck [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wózek widłowy (Polish), empilhadeira [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), empilhadora [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), empilhador [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), stivuitor (Romanian), motostivuitor [neuter] (Romanian), ви́лочный погру́зчик (víločnyj pogrúzčik) [masculine] (Russian), автопогру́зчик (avtopogrúzčik) [masculine] (Russian), vȉličār [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vìljuškār [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ви̏лича̄р [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), вѝљушка̄р [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), widłowy wůzek (Silesian), vysokozdvižný vozík (Slovak), montacargas [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish), carretilla elevadora [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), grúa horquilla [Chile, feminine] (Spanish), pato [Peru, colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), mula [Argentina, masculine] (Spanish), toro [Spain, colloquial, masculine] (Spanish), gaffeltruck [common-gender] (Swedish), truck [common-gender] (Swedish), รถยก (rót-yók) (Thai), kaldırmaç (Turkish), автованта́жник (avtovantážnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), wagen fforch godi [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-forklift-en-noun-xunLe1vq Disambiguation of Vehicles: 75 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10

Verb

Forms: forklifts [present, singular, third-person], forklifting [participle, present], forklifted [participle, past], forklifted [past]
Etymology: fork + lift Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fork|lift}} fork + lift Head templates: {{en-verb}} forklift (third-person singular simple present forklifts, present participle forklifting, simple past and past participle forklifted)
  1. To move or stack with, or as if with, such a vehicle.
    Sense id: en-forklift-en-verb-kbJ4r44h

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for forklift meaning in English (11.3kB)

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        {
          "word": "hi-lo"
        },
        {
          "word": "jitney"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift truck"
        },
        {
          "word": "sideloader"
        },
        {
          "word": "stacker-truck"
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        {
          "word": "tow-motor"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
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          ],
          "word": "toro mecànic"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "叉車"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāchē",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "叉车"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "鏟車"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "堆高機"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vysokozdvižný vozík"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "gaffeltruck"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "truck"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vorkheftruck"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "heftruck"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vorklift"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "ĉarelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "levĉaro"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "kahveltõstuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trukkur"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gaffiltrukkur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "haarukkatrukki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "trukki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chariot élévateur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "élévateur"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carretilla elevadora"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Gabelstapler"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "peronofóro",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "περονοφόρο"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "malgḗzā",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מַלְגֵּזָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "targonca"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "emelővillás targonca"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lyftari"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "forcardaitheoir"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "muletto"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carrello elevatore"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fōkurifuto",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "フォークリフト"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "aiyrly tiegış",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "айырлы тиегіш"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jigecha",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "지게차"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "viljuškar",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "виљушкар"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "wakatīrou"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gaffeltruck"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "truck"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gaffeltruck"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "truck"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "wózek widłowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "empilhadeira"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "empilhadora"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "empilhador"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "stivuitor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "motostivuitor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "víločnyj pogrúzčik",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ви́лочный погру́зчик"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "avtopogrúzčik",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автопогру́зчик"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vȉličār"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vìljuškār"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ви̏лича̄р"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вѝљушка̄р"
        },
        {
          "code": "szl",
          "lang": "Silesian",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "widłowy wůzek"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "vysokozdvižný vozík"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "montacargas"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carretilla elevadora"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Chile",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grúa horquilla"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Peru",
            "colloquial",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pato"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mula"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "colloquial",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "toro"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gaffeltruck"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "truck"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rót-yók",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "รถยก"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "word": "kaldırmaç"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "avtovantážnyk",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "автованта́жник"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wagen fforch godi"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "forklift"
  ],
  "word": "forklift"
}

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        {
          "ref": "2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver, page 49",
          "text": "With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.",
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          "stack",
          "stack"
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      ]
    }
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    "forklift"
  ],
  "word": "forklift"
}
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        "A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved."
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          "raised",
          "raised"
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        [
          "lowered",
          "lowered"
        ],
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          "insertion",
          "insertion"
        ],
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ],
        [
          "pallet",
          "pallet"
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          "lifted",
          "lifted"
        ],
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          "moved"
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      "word": "fork hoist"
    },
    {
      "word": "forklift truck"
    },
    {
      "word": "fork truck"
    },
    {
      "word": "hi-lo"
    },
    {
      "word": "jitney"
    },
    {
      "word": "lift truck"
    },
    {
      "word": "sideloader"
    },
    {
      "word": "stacker-truck"
    },
    {
      "word": "tow-motor"
    },
    {
      "word": "trailer loader"
    }
  ],
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rāfiʕatun šawkiyyatun",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رَافِعَةٌ شَوْكِيَّةٌ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carretó elevador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toro mecànic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "叉車"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chāchē",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "叉车"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "鏟車"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chǎnchē",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "铲车"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "堆高機"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duīgāojī",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "堆高机"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vysokozdvižný vozík"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "gaffeltruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "truck"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vorkheftruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heftruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vorklift"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "ĉarelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "levĉaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "kahveltõstuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trukkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaffiltrukkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "haarukkatrukki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "trukki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chariot élévateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "élévateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carretilla elevadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gabelstapler"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peronofóro",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "περονοφόρο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "malgḗzā",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מַלְגֵּזָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "targonca"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "emelővillás targonca"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lyftari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forcardaitheoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muletto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carrello elevatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fōkurifuto",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "フォークリフト"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aiyrly tiegış",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "айырлы тиегіш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jigecha",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "지게차"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "viljuškar",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виљушкар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "wakatīrou"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaffeltruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "truck"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaffeltruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "truck"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "wózek widłowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empilhadeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empilhadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "empilhador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "stivuitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "motostivuitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "víločnyj pogrúzčik",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́лочный погру́зчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtopogrúzčik",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автопогру́зчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vȉličār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vìljuškār"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви̏лича̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вѝљушка̄р"
    },
    {
      "code": "szl",
      "lang": "Silesian",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "widłowy wůzek"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "vysokozdvižný vozík"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "montacargas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carretilla elevadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grúa horquilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Peru",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mula"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toro"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gaffeltruck"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "truck"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rót-yók",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "รถยก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "word": "kaldırmaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "avtovantážnyk",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "автованта́жник"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small industrial vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wagen fforch godi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "forklift"
  ],
  "word": "forklift"
}

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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver, page 49",
          "text": "With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.",
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        }
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    "forklift"
  ],
  "word": "forklift"
}

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