wheelchair

== English == === Alternative forms === wheel-chair === Etymology === From wheel + chair. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/ === Noun === wheelchair (plural wheelchairs) A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person. (attributive) Designed for use by wheelchairbound people. (by extension) Any device involving wheels designed to assist a nonhuman animal with locomotion. ==== Usage notes ==== See wheelchairbound. The expressions bound to a wheelchair and confined to a wheelchair are offensive, as wheelchairs are intended as freedom enhancers. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ホイールチェア (hoīruchea) → Persian: ویلچر (vilčer) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wheelchair (third-person singular simple present wheelchairs, present participle wheelchairing, simple past and past participle wheelchaired) (transitive, sometimes intransitive) To move using a wheelchair. === See also ===