sizing tool
→
rule, regulations
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | κανών | |
| Meaning 1 | straight rod, bar, esp. to keep a thing straight; weaver's rod, to which alternate threads of the warp were attached; ruddled line used by masons or carpenters; ruler | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rule, standard | |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | στάθμη | |
| Meaning 1 | carpenter's line or rule | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rule, law | Ὑλλίδος στάθμας ἐν νόμοις according to the laws established by Gill (i.e. according to laws of Dorian rule) Pindar Id.P. 1.62. |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | règle | |
| Meaning 1 | sizing tool | tracer une figure à la règle to draw a shape with a ruler |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rule, regulations | établir les règles to establish rules |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | regula | |
| Meaning 1 | straight piece of wood, ruler; measuringrod | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rule, pattern, model, example | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | norma | |
| Meaning 1 | a square, employed by carpenters, masons, etc., for making right angles | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | a rule, pattern, precept: | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | Probably via Etruscan from Ancient Greek γνώμων 'carpenter's square' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | shéng (绳) | |
| Meaning 1 | rope, cord, carpenter's cord | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | norms, rules | |
| Reference | BKRS: 12302 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme | regra | |
| Meaning 1 | ruler | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rule, norm | |
| Reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | regla | |
| Meaning 1 | ruler | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | rule, law, norm; principle; (monastic) rules | reglas de circulación traffic rules |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | ||