Dictionary

fulcrum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfʌlkɾəm/ (Scotland)
• (Australia) audio
• /ˈfʌlkɹəm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfʊlkɹəm/ (Northern-England)
• /ˈfʌlkɹəm/ (Northern-Ireland)
• /ˈfʊlkɹəm/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfʊlkɹəm/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈfʌlkɾəm/ (Wales)
• /ˈfɐlkɹəm/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈfʉlkɾəm/ (Scotland)
• /ˈfʊlkɾəm/ (Wales)
• /ˈfʉlkɹəm/ (Northern-Ireland)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“prop up, support”).

Meanings

1. The support about which a lever pivots.
   • MILDRED: Archimedes said give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world. CHARLOTTE: Yeah she said that twaddle eight or nine times. 2010, John Allison, Bad Machinery:
   • It is possible to flick food across the table using your fork as a lever and your finger as a fulcrum.
   • A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. 2012 March 14, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:
2. (figuratively) A crux or pivot; a central point.
   • Chelsea's Mason Mount is a top-class talent while West Ham midfielder Declan Rice has moved his game on to another level this season and will be the fulcrum of England's midfield this summer. 2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport:
   • By this point the fulcrum of concern is the stuprum of men upon men, described as more prevalent than that upon women. 2006, Rebecca Langlands, Sexual Morality in Ancient Rome, page 119:

Forms

Deriveds

perifulcrum

Relateds

fulcral

Translations (68)

id titik tumpu (support about which a lever pivots) · be кропка апоры (support about which a lever pivots) · io apog-punto (support about which a lever pivots) · pt fulcro (support about which a lever pivots) · la fulcrum (support about which a lever pivots) · cy ffwlcrwm (support about which a lever pivots) · pt ponto de apoio (support about which a lever pivots) · de Hebelstützpunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · sv vridningspunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · de Angelpunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · cs opěrný bod (support about which a lever pivots) · fr point d'appui (support about which a lever pivots) · es punto de apoyo (support about which a lever pivots) · cmn 支點 /支点 (support about which a lever pivots) · eo apogpunkto (support about which a lever pivots) · tr destek (support about which a lever pivots) · el υπομόχλιο (support about which a lever pivots) · bg опорна точка (support about which a lever pivots) · cs střed otáčení (support about which a lever pivots) · id fulkrum (support about which a lever pivots) · mk ослонец (support about which a lever pivots) · pl punkt podparcia (support about which a lever pivots) · de Lager (support about which a lever pivots) · es fulcro (support about which a lever pivots) · ro punct de sprijin (support about which a lever pivots) · de Gelenkpunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · gl forra (support about which a lever pivots) · mi kaurori (support about which a lever pivots) · no omdreiningspunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · io pivoto (support about which a lever pivots) · hu forgáspont (support about which a lever pivots) · no dreiepunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · nl draaipunt (support about which a lever pivots) · de Stütze (support about which a lever pivots) · cs opora (support about which a lever pivots) · ms sangga tuas (support about which a lever pivots) · sv ledpunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · ga buthal (support about which a lever pivots) · es hipomoclio (support about which a lever pivots) · cy pwysbwynt (support about which a lever pivots) · it fulcro (support about which a lever pivots) · grc ὑπομόχλιον (support about which a lever pivots) · da understøttelsespunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · hy հենակետ (support about which a lever pivots) · ms fulkrum (support about which a lever pivots) · es pivote (support about which a lever pivots) · ru то́чка опо́ры (support about which a lever pivots) · te ఆధారము (support about which a lever pivots) · de Drehpunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · sh uporište (support about which a lever pivots) · fi tukipiste (support about which a lever pivots) · de Dreh- und Angelpunkt (a crux or pivot; a central point) · sv rotationspunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · fa تکیهگاه (support about which a lever pivots) · uk точка опори (support about which a lever pivots) · ga borradh (support about which a lever pivots) · nl steunpunt (support about which a lever pivots) · no dreiningspunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · de Drehachse (support about which a lever pivots) · pl sedno (a crux or pivot; a central point) · hu forgástengely (support about which a lever pivots) · ca fulcre (support about which a lever pivots) · kk тірек нүктесі (support about which a lever pivots) · no hvilepunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · gl pinze (support about which a lever pivots) · ja 支点 (support about which a lever pivots) · de Stützpunkt (support about which a lever pivots) · es pivote (a crux or pivot; a central point)