zebra
→
pedestrian crossing
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Burmese | |
| Lexeme | мьѝ̀нджà | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pedestrian crossing | |
| Reference | Novikov et al. 1976: 1976, 436 | |
| Comment | the dictionary cites them as homonyms | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Catalan | |
| Lexeme 1 | zebra | |
| Lexeme 2 | pas de zebra | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pedestrian crossing | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme 1 | zebra | |
| Lexeme 2 | zebrapad | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pedestrian crossing | Het zebrapad ontleent zijn naam aan zijn patroon van witte en zwarte stroken, dat doet denken aan een zebra. The pedestrian crossing takes its name from its pattern of white and black strips, reminiscent of a zebra. |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme 1 | zebra | |
| Lexeme 2 | zebra crossing | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (British) pedestrian crossing | The regulations imposed an absolute duty on drivers to give precedence to pedestrians on zebra crossings |
| Reference | ODE | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | zebra | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pedestiran crossing | |
| Reference | De Mauro | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Macedonian | |
| Lexeme | зебра | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | Зебрата често станува плен на лавот. The zebra often becomes the prey of the lion. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pedestrian crossing | Возачите треба особено да внимаваат на зебрите околу училиштата. Drivers should pay special attention to zebras around schools. |
| Reference | ODRMJ | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme | zebră | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pedestrian crossing | |
| Reference | MDA2 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | зебра (zebra) | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pedestrian crossing | На нерегулируемом пешеходном переходе зебра предоставляет пешеходам преимущество (приоритет) при пересечении проезжей части по отношению к другим участникам движения. At an unregulated pedestrian crossing, a zebra gives pedestrians an advantage (priority) when crossing the carriageway in relation to other road users. |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | cebra | |
| Lexeme 2 | paso de cebra | |
| Meaning 1 | zebra | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | pedestrian crossing | El paso de cebra fue primero utilizado (tras algunos experimentos aislados) en 1000 sitios en el Reino Unido en 1949 (siendo la forma original alternativamente rayas azules y amarillas) y una medida de 1951 los introdujo por ley. Zebra crossing was first used (after some isolated experiments) at 1000 sites in the UK in 1949 (the original form being alternately blue and yellow stripes) and a 1951 measure introduced them by law. |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||