Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Afrikaans | |
| lexeme | verkleurmannetjie | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | person with inconstant behavior | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Burmese | |
| lexeme | pou' thin njou (ပုတ်သင်ညို) | |
| meaning 1 | yes-man, person who always agrees with their employer or superior | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hypocrite, dissembler | |
| reference | SEAlang Burmrse | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Cantonese Chinese | |
| lexeme | bin3 sik1 lung4 (變色龍) | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | opportunist; fickle person | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Catalan | |
| lexeme | camaleó | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | person, especially a politician, who changes his or her opinion | |
| reference | DIEC2 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | kameleon | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hypocrite, dissembler (one who easily changes his opinion and actions, an unstable character, who easily changes his political orientation) | |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Dutch | |
| lexeme | kameleon | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | someone who changes opinions, allegiance, etc. | Die politicus is een echte kameleon: hij verandert moeiteloos van opinie en nu zelfs opnieuw van partij! That politician is a true weathervane: he changes opinions effortlessly, now even switched parties again! |
| reference | HWNF | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | chameleon | |
| meaning 1 | small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | person with inconstant behavior; one able to quickly adjust to new circumstances | He is a political chameleon, as charming to business leaders he met privately in Aberdeen on Friday night as he has been inspiring to distressed and desperate Labour defectors in Glasgow and beyond. (2014 September 8, Michael White, “Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe”, in The Guardian) |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | caméléon | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | one who changes his opinion according to circumstances | |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Chamäleon | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a fickle, changeable person who quickly changes their beliefs depending on their surroundings | |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gujarati | |
| lexeme | kācaṇḍo (કાચંડો) | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a person with inconstant behavior | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hakka Chinese | |
| lexeme | pien-set-liùng (變色龍) | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | opportunist; fickle person | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | kaméleon | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hypocrite, dissembler (an unstable person who changes her beliefs and views unprincipledly, always adapting to the current situation) | |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Macedonian | |
| lexeme | камелеон | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hypocrite, dissembler | Тој е сплеткар и камелеон од најнизок ред. He is a schemer and a dissembler of the lowest order. |
| reference | ODRMJ | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | biànsèlóng (變色龍) | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | opportunist; fickle person | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Hebrew | |
| lexeme | zikít (זִיקִית / זִקִּית) | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hypocrite, dissembler | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | https://terms.hebrew-academy.org.il/Home/Advanced?SearchBy=1&SearchType=3&SearchString=%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%AA |
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| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Polish | |
| lexeme | kameleon | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | Niewiele brakowało, by spadł na ziemię, ale uratował go ogon, którym zdążył uchwycić gałązki. Ogon jest bardzo długi. Kameleon miał blisko 30 centymetrów, a na ogon przypadała połowa [...]. Widzieliśmy, jak młody kameleon w ciągu zaledwie kwadransa zmieniał nie tylko kolory, ale nawet i wzory na skórze. NKJP: Nuria Selva Fernandez, Adam Wajrak: Mistrzowie kamuflażu, Gazeta Wyborcza, 1996-12-20 |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | a person who is unstable because they have unstable views and change them depending on the situation in order to gain their own benefits | [...] jak widzimy, nie zmienia barw partyjnych jak inni nasi kochani politycy - kameleoni, dziś tu, jutro tam, na zasadzie moralności obrotowej. NKJP: Gazeta Radomszczańska, 2009-09-16 |
| reference | WSJP | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | камелеон (kameleon) | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hypocrite, dissembler (a man who changes his opinion and behavior according to circumstances and needs) | |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 518 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | camaleón | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | person with inconsistent behavior | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | kameleont | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | 177 / 5 000 highly changeable person, person with a volatile, changeable mind; person who shows himself completely differently on different occasions; often special: person who, with his own advantage in mind | |
| reference | SAOB | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tagalog | |
| lexeme 1 | hunyangò | |
| lexeme 2 | hunyanguín | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | hypocrite | |
| reference | Krus, Ignašev 1959: 155 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | paccōnti (பச்சோந்தி) | |
| meaning 1 | chameleon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | opportunist | |
| reference | Ramakrishnan 1992 | |
| comment | ||