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ασανσέρ
elevator /asanˈser/
nounB1#1465 most common
Also: lift
Example sentences
Το ασανσέρ είναι εδώ.
The elevator is here.
Παίρνουμε το ασανσέρ ή τη σκάλα;
Shall we take the elevator or the stairs?
Το ασανσέρ χάλασε χθες το βράδυ.
The elevator broke down last night.
Μείναμε κολλημένοι μέσα στο ασανσέρ για μισή ώρα.
We got stuck inside the elevator for half an hour.
Ο τεχνικός επιθεώρησε το ασανσέρ του κτιρίου πριν το θέσει ξανά σε λειτουργία.
The technician inspected the building's elevator before putting it back into operation.
Η συντήρηση των ασανσέρ σε παλιές πολυκατοικίες συχνά αναβάλλεται λόγω κόστους.
Maintenance of elevators in old apartment buildings is often postponed because of cost.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | το ασανσέρ | τα ασανσέρ |
| Genitive | του ασανσέρ | των ασανσέρ |
| Accusative | το ασανσέρ | τα ασανσέρ |
| Vocative | ασανσέρ | ασανσέρ |
Word family
ανελκυστήραςelevator (formal, Greek-derived synonym)
ασανσέρ της ψυχήςcolloquial expression for emotional ups and downs
κλείνω στο ασανσέρto get stuck in the elevator
Etymology
The Greek word comes directly from French "ascenseur," which itself derives from the Latin verb "ascendere," meaning to climb or go up. French engineers popularized the term with the spread of mechanical lifts in the nineteenth century, and Greek borrowed it wholesale rather than coining a native equivalent. The word is indeclinable in gender behavior typical of many French loanwords in Greek, and it entered common use alongside modern urban buildings.
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