escalefter
English
noun
Definitions
- One who stands still on the left of an escalator impeding those wanting to move more quickly (often the right of the escalator is for standing and the left is for walking).
Etymology
Affix from English escalator + English left (west).
Origin
English
left
Gloss
west
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
西
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leftpondia English
- aleft English
- antileft English
- centre-left English
- escalator English
- left English
- left-handed English
- leftard English
- leftern English
- leftest English
- leftfield English
- lefthanded English
- leftie English
- leftish English
- leftism English
- leftist English
- leftmost English
- leftness English
- leftoid English
- leftosphere English
- leftward English
- leftwards English
- leftwise English
- lefty English
- post-left English
- ultraleft English
- e Latin
- エスカレーター Japanese
- レフト Japanese
- left Middle English
- eskalator Serbo-Croatian
- एस्केलेटर Hindi
- eskalator Indonesian
- esgaladur Welsh
- escalateux Norman
- 에스컬레이터 Korean
- eskalator Crimean Tatar
- lef Fiji Hindi