to fall down
→
to fail
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | 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 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Japanese | |
| lexeme | ochiru (落ちる) | |
| meaning 1 | to fall | もう一歩下がると、崖から落ちるよ Another step, and you'll fall over the cliff. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fail an exam, to be defeated | 私は試験に落ちた I failed the exam |
| reference | ||
| comment | EDICT | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lezgian | |
| lexeme | k’ʷatun | |
| meaning 1 | to fall through | кIвалин къав кIватна the house roof fell in |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fail, to go bankrupt | a. адан планар кIватна 'His plans dropped through'; его планы провалились |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LezgRus 214) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | provalit'sja | |
| meaning 1 | to fall through | a. Провалиться в погреб 'to fall in the cellar'. b. Провалиться в яму 'to fall in a pit'. c. Гнилой мосток провалился 'The rotten bridge collapsed'. d. Крыша провалилась 'The roof collapsed'. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fail | a. Провалился на экзамене. 'He failed the exam.' |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| 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 | ||