élévateur
French, noun/e.le.va.tœʁ/
élévateur is spelled É-L-É-V-A-T-E-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 43,844th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élévateur is a French masculine noun meaning “elevator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Muscle élévateur”.
What does élévateur mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lifting
noun
- 1
masculineelevator
- 2
masculineforklift
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui sert à élever quelque chose. 2. Qui sert à élever certaines parties.
noun: 1. Muscle élévateur. 2. Machine élévatrice. Chariot élévateur. 3. Commande qui permet au parachutiste de diriger sa voile et de freiner lors de l’atterrissage. 4. Avoir envie de vomir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of élévateur
- élévatrice feminine
- élévateurs masculine plural
- élévatrices feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élévateur?
- /e.le.va.tœʁ/
- \e.le.va.tœʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élévateur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élévateur in French?
élévateur appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).