escalator

== English == === Etymology === From the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor Charles Seeberger in 1900, from Latin e (“from, out of”) + scala (“ladder”) + -tor, which forms nouns of agency. See the appendix. Broader usage may be influenced by escalate, and is equivalent to escalate +‎ -or. For an alternative etymology, see the Online Etymology Dictionary. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə/ (US) enPR: esʹkə-lā-tər, IPA(key): /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ/ Hyphenation: es‧ca‧la‧tor Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === escalator (plural escalators) Anything that escalates. A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another. Synonym: moving staircase (UK) An upward or progressive course. An escalator clause. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== escalate ==== Translations ==== === Verb === escalator (third-person singular simple present escalators, present participle escalatoring, simple past and past participle escalatored) (intransitive, informal) To move by escalator. Synonym: (rare) escalate === See also === movator moving pavement, moving sidewalk moving ramp moving walkway stairway step travelator === References === === Further reading === escalator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:escalators on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Anagrams === acetarsol, crotalase == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English escalator. Genericized trademark. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛs.ka.la.tɔʁ/ === Noun === escalator m (plural escalators) escalator Synonyms: escalier roulant, escalier mécanique == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French escalator. === Noun === escalator n (plural escalatoare) escalator ==== Declension ====