How to Pronounce "elevator"
word
/ˈɛɫəˌveɪtɝ/
EL-uh-vay-dur
/ˈɛlɪvˌeɪtɐ/
EL-i-vay-tuh
Definition
A machine that carries people or things up and down between floors in a building. In some contexts, especially in American English, it can also mean a device that lifts something upward.
IPA Transcription
American English
/ˈɛɫəˌveɪtɝ/
British English
/ˈɛlɪvˌeɪtɐ/
Simplified Pronunciation
US
EL-uh-vay-dur
UK
EL-i-vay-tuh
Listen in Context
Hold the elevator, please—I'm coming!
I got stuck in the elevator for twenty minutes.
Let's take the elevator—I don't feel like climbing all those stairs.
We use the elevator to go to the tenth floor.