Sign for ELEVATOR in ASL | ASL Dictionary

How do you sign “Elevator” in ASL?

ELEVATOR: ELEVATOR in American Sign Language (ASL) names the small room that does the climbing for you, and more than one form of the sign is in use. The video and GIF below show the primary form, with every variation beneath it.

ASL sign for elevator (primary form) — animated demonstration

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ELEVATOR — variant 1

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ELEVATOR — variant 2

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ELEVATOR — variant 3

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ELEVATOR — variant 4

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ELEVATOR — variant 5

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Where does ELEVATOR come up in conversation?

ELEVATOR rides through hotel check-ins, office small talk, and is-it-broken-again complaints. Together with STAIRS it covers every way up a building, and the variations below are all in circulation.

Lesson 20 of the challenge covers it in Book 1.

📖 ELEVATOR is taught in Lesson 20 of ASLI 1: Starting Out — Book 1 of the 216-Day Challenge →




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