thread
→
wire (n.)
7 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Armenian | |
Lexeme 1 | lar (լար) | |
Lexeme 2 | metaġalar (մետաղալար) | |
Meaning 1 | rope, cord, string | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | wire (n.) | |
Reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | cable | |
Meaning 1 | strong, large-diameter rope | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | strong, large-diameter wire | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum 'lasso, rope, halter' |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | German | |
Lexeme | Draht | |
Meaning 1 | (obsolete) thread | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | wire (n.) | |
Reference | DWDS | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme | утас (utas) | |
Meaning 1 | thread | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | wire, telephone | |
Reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
Comment | Also төмөр утас |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | fir | |
Meaning 1 | thread, rope | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | wire (n.) | |
Reference | MDA2 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | cable | |
Meaning 1 | cord | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | wire | |
Reference | DRAE | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Thai | |
Lexeme | sǎai (สาย) | |
Meaning 1 | ripe, string, strap | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | wire (n.) | |
Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
Comment |