to fall down
→
to fail
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | tomber | |
| meaning 1 | to fall down | se casser une jambe en tombant to break one's leg while falling |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be unsuccessful | Cette pièce tombera rapidement. This play will be damned fast. |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Icelandic | |
| lexeme | falla | |
| meaning 1 | to fall | mörg tré féllu í óveðrinu a lot of trees fell down during the storm |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be defeated, to lose, to fail (an exam) | hann féll í stærðfræði he failed his math test |
| reference | ISLEX | |
| comment | Берков | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | falla | |
| meaning 1 | to fall down | stenen föll ner från taket the stone fell off the roof |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to experience failure | de kämpade bra men föll i kvartsfinalen they played well but lost in the quarterfinals |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | viẓu | |
| meaning 1 | to fall down | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be defeated, to be overthrown | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 3721 | |
| comment | ||