to fall down
→
to suit (of clothes etc.)
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | tomber | |
| meaning 1 | to fall down | Un pot de fleurs tomba et se brisa. A flower pot fell down and came to pieces |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to suit (of clothes) | Elle sourit, et l'on eût dit que c'était à sa robe de crêpe de Chine, toute neuve, qui tombait bien She smiled as if to her new crepe de Chine dress, a completely new one, that suited her well. |
| reference | CNRTL | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Galician | |
| lexeme 1 | caer | |
| lexeme 2 | acaer | |
| meaning 1 | to fall down | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to fit, suit | Ese vestido éche ben acaído That dress suits you well. |
| reference | DDDDLG | |
| comment | Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG. http://ilg.usc.gal/TILG/en/search/simple |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | falle | |
| meaning 1 | to fall down | falle på baken to fall on the ground |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to suit (of clothes) | kjolen faller fint the dress suits (sb) well |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | cair | |
| meaning 1 | to fall down | cair em terra (no chão) to fall on the ground |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to suit (of clothes) | êsse vestido cai-lhe bem This dress suits her |
| reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005: 165 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | a cădea | |
| meaning 1 | to fall | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to suit (clothes) | haina îi cade bine The dress suits her well |
| reference | DRRS | |
| comment | DRRS 1, 363 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | caer | |
| meaning 1 | to fall down | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to suit (of clothes) | |
| reference | Narumov 1995: 147 | |
| comment | ||