mad, insane
→
passionate, zealous
6 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | crazy | |
Meaning 1 | insane | yelling like a crazy person |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | passionate about | crazy about boats |
Reference | Merriam-Webster | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | mad | |
Meaning 1 | insane | to go mad |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | passionate, zealous | She is mad for jewels |
Reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme | fou | |
Meaning 1 | insane | Les médecins constatèrent qu'il était fou. (Maupassant) The doctors confirmed he was insane. |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | passionate about | Il est fou de sa femme. He is madly in love with his wife. |
Reference | Larousse online | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | kichigai (気違い) | |
Meaning 1 | mad | |
Meaning 2 | passionate admirer | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | безумный | |
Lexeme 2 | без ума | |
Meaning 1 | insane | безумная улыбка mad smile |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | passionate, zealous | без ума от чего-либо crazy about something |
Reference | MAS | |
Comment | The word безумный 'insane' is derived from the word ум 'intelligence' with the prefix без 'without' (etymologically coincident with the preposition без used in the expression без ума 'insane'). |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Turkish | |
Lexeme | budala | |
Meaning 1 | dolt, booby | budala yerine koymak to take for an idiot |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | crazy about smth | futbol budalası football fan |
Reference | Jusipova 2005: 132 | |
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