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Meaning of Wheelchair | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)

Definitions

A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
attributive
Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion.
broadly

Equivalents

Afrikaans rolstoel

العربية كرسي المعوّقين كُرْسِيّ لِلْمُقْعَدِين كُرْسِيّ مُتَحَرِّك

Azərbaycanca əlil arabası

Bosanski kolica колица

Català cadira de rodes

Čeština invalidní vozík

Dansk kørestol rullestol

Deutsch Fahrstuhl Krankenfahrstuhl Rollstuhl

Ελληνικά αναπηρικό αμαξίδιο αναπηρικό καροτσάκι καροτσάκι

Esperanto rulseĝo

Español silla de ruedas

Eesti ratastool

فارسی چرخک ویلچر

Suomi pyörätuoli rullatuoli

Français chaise roulante fauteuil roulant

Gàidhlig cathair-cuibhle

Galego cadeira de rodas

עברית כיסא גלגלים כִּסֵּא גַּלְגַּלִּים

Hrvatski kolica колица

Magyar kerekesszék tolószék

Հայերեն անվասայլակ

Bahasa Indonesia kursi roda rostul

Íslenska hjólastóll

Italiano sedia a rotelle

日本語ホイールチェア車椅子

ქართული ინვალიდის სავარძელი

ខ្មែរ រទេះជនពិការ

한국어 바퀴의자 휠체어

Latviešu ratiņkrēsls

Македонски количка

Nederlands rolstoel

Polski wózek wózek inwalidzki

Português cadeira de rodas

Română scaun cu rotile scaun rulant

Русский инвали́дная коля́ска инвали́дное кре́сло кре́сло-ката́лка кресло-коляска

Српски kolica колица

Svenska rullstol

Kiswahili kiti cha magurudumu kiti mwendo kitimaguru

Türkçe tekerlekli sandalye

Tiếng Việt xe lăn

Examples

“"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."”

“To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.”

CEFR level

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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