wheelchair
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wheelchair
- /ˈwiːlt͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/ US
noun wheelchairs · wheel-chair
- 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."
- Designed for use by wheelchairbound people.
- 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.
verb wheelchairs · wheelchairing · wheelchaired · wheel-chair
- To move using a wheelchair. Almost all of them learned wheelchairing and all learned to manage to eat by themselves.
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Closest in meaning: wheel, rocker, chair, armchair, springboard, couch, sofa, device, seat, seating, rolling, thistle, crane, chairs, bath-chair, wheelie
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noun chair
| Español | silla de ruedas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 휠체어 hwilcheeo, 바퀴의자 bakwiuija |
| 日本語 | 車椅子 kurumaisu, ホイールチェア hoīruchea |
| 中文 | 輪椅 /轮椅 lúnyǐ |
| हिन्दी | व्हीलचेयर vhīlceyar |
| Kiswahili | kitimaguru, kiti cha magurudumu, kiti mwendo |
| Português | cadeira de rodas |
| Français | fauteuil roulant, chaise roulante |
| Deutsch | Rollstuhl, Krankenfahrstuhl, Fahrstuhl |
| Italiano | sedia a rotelle |
| Ελληνικά | αναπηρικό καροτσάκι anapirikó karotsáki, αναπηρικό αμαξίδιο anapirikó amaxídio |
| Română | scaun rulant, scaun cu rotile |
| Русский | кре́сло-ката́лка kréslo-katálka, инвали́дное кре́сло invalídnoje kréslo, инвали́дная коля́ска invalídnaja koljáska, кре́сло-коля́ска kréslo-koljáska |
| Tiếng Việt | xe lăn |
| العربية | كُرْسِيّ لِلْمُقْعَدِين kursiyy li-l-muqʕadīn, كُرْسِيّ مُتَحَرِّك kursiyy mutaḥarrik |
| עברית | כִּסֵּא גַּלְגַּלִּים, כיסא גלגלים kisé galgalím |
Talk about this word "wheelchair." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wheelchair. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wheelchair. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wheelchair "wheelchair." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wheelchair.Cite this
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title = {wheelchair},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wheelchair},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
