wheelchair
sustantivoverbocorriente en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)//
- Estados Unidos//ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ//
A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
sustantivo
- 1
A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
"And there are aspirations that we must rightly meet - people travelling in a wheelchair should be able to get on and off the train."
- 2
Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
- 3
Any device involving wheels designed to assist a nonhuman animal with locomotion.
To build the wheelchair, Dale Ryder attached wheels from a toy plane to an axle that fits over Mrs. T’s shell.
Etimología
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic *hédrā Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra) Ancient Greek κᾰθέδρᾱ (kăthédrā)bor. Latin cathedrader. Old French chaierebor. Middle English chayere English chair English wheelchair From wheel + chair.
verbo
- 1
To move using a wheelchair.
Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves.
People who took part walked, jogged, ran, rollerbladed and wheelchaired the five kilometers
They strolled, ran, walked and wheelchaired the track.
Formas
- plural
- wheelchairs
- pasado
- wheelchaired
- participio
- wheelchaired
- gerundio
- wheelchairing
- 3.ª persona del singular
- wheelchairs
wheelchair · A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person.
wheeler · Someone who operates a wheel.Wheeler · An English surname, derived from the trade of wheeler.wheels · An automobile or other vehicle; a set of wheels.