ascensor

== English == === Etymology === From French ascenseur, Italian ascensore, and Spanish ascensor, all from Latin ascēnsor. === Noun === ascensor (plural ascensors) (rare) An elevator. == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin ascēnsor. === Noun === ascensor m (plural ascensores) lift, elevator == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ascēnsōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.sənˈso] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.senˈsoɾ] === Noun === ascensor m (plural ascensors) elevator, lift === Further reading === “ascensor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ascensor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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 === Learned borrowing from Latin ascēnsōrem. === Noun === ascensor m (plural ascensores) lift, elevator === Further reading === “ascensor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Latin == === Etymology === From ascendō (“to climb”) +‎ -tor (agentive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈkẽː.sɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aʃˈʃɛn.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. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ascensor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ascensor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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 === 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 Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ascensor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ascenseur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /as.t͡ʃenˈsor/ === Noun === ascensor n (plural ascensoare) elevator, lift Synonym: lift ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ascēnsor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /asθenˈsoɾ/ [as.θẽnˈsoɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /asenˈsoɾ/ [a.sẽnˈsoɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ascensor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025