English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] hand rail
handrail (plural handrails
A rail which can be held, such as on the side of a staircase , ramp or other walkway , and serving as a support or guard.
2020 July 15, “Network News: £2 million repairs complete at Eskmeals viaduct”, in Rail , page 22 :Walkways and handrails were also upgraded during the work, to improve safety for maintenance staff.
A moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support.
2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail , page 54 :We trialled a new ultraviolet system that runs under the handrail of an escalator, killing the virus. We are rolling that out at more than 100 stations.
Translations [ edit ] rail which can be held
Arabic: دَرَابْزُون m ( darābzūn )
Armenian: բազրիք (hy) ( bazrikʻ ) , ճաղաշար (hy) ( čaġašar )
Azerbaijani: məhəccər sürahi (az)
Belarusian: парэ́нча f ( parénča ) , по́ручань m ( póručanʹ ) , бі́льцы m pl ( bílʹcy )
Bulgarian: пери́ло (bg) n ( perílo )
Burmese: နရန်း (my) ( na.ran: ) , လက်တန်း (my) ( laktan: ) , လက်ရန်း (my) ( lak-ran: )
Catalan: arrambador (ca) m barana (ca) f passamà (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 扶手 (zh) ( fúshǒu )
Czech: zábradlí n
Danish: gelænder
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: käsipuu
Faroese: rimaverk n rimagirðing n
Finnish: kaide (fi) , käsijohde
French: rambarde (fr) f main courante (fr) f
Georgian: მოაჯირი (ka) ( moaǯiri )
German: Geländer (de) n Handlauf (de) m
Greek: κάγκελο (el) n ( kágkelo ) , κουπαστή (el) f ( koupastí )
Hindi: डंडा (hi) m ( ḍaṇḍā ) , रेलिंग (hi) ( reliṅg )
Hungarian: korlát (hu) , kapaszkodó (hu)
Icelandic: handrið (is) n
Ingrian: käsipuu
Italian: corrimano (it) m ringhiera (it) f balaustra (it) f parapetto (it) m
Japanese: 手摺 (ja) ( てすり, tesuri ) , 手すり ( てすり, tesuri ) , 欄干 (ja) ( らんかん, rankan )
Kapampangan: guyabnan
Khmer: បង្កាន់ ( bɑngkan ) , បង្កាន់ដៃ ( bɑngkan day ) , ភ្នាក់ដៃ ( phnĕək day ) , ដៃជណ្ដើរ ( day cŭəndaə )
Korean: 난간 (ko) ( nan'gan ) , 란간 ( ran'gan ) ( North Korea )
Lithuanian: turėklas (lt) m
Macedonian: геле́ндер m ( gelénder ) , парапе́т m ( parapét )
Maltese: poġġaman
Maori: puringa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rekkverk gelender n
Nynorsk: rekkverk gelender
Ottoman Turkish: طرابزان ( tarabizan )
Plautdietsch: Wolm m
Polish: poręcz (pl) f
Portuguese: corrimão (pt) m
Romanian: mână curentă (ro) f
Russian: пери́ла (ru) n pl ( períla ) , по́ручень (ru) m ( póručenʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ру̏кохва̄т m
Roman: rȕkohvāt (sh) m
Slovak: zábradlie n
Slovene: ograja (sl) f
Spanish: pasamano (es) m barandilla (es) f
Swedish: ledstång c räcke (sv) n
Tagalog: gabay
Thai: ราว (th) ( raao )
Turkish: tırabzan (tr)
Ukrainian: пери́ла n pl ( perýla ) , пору́ччя n ( porúččja ) , по́ручень m ( póručenʹ ) , би́льце (uk) n ( býlʹce )
Vietnamese: tay vịn (vi) , thanh vịn
moving continuous belt-like rail on either side of an escalator which users can hold on to for support
See also [ edit ] Anagrams [ edit ] 
