to fall down
→
to suit (of clothes)
5 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 | 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 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | caer | |
| Meaning 1 | to fall down | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to suit (of clothes) | |
| Reference | Narumov 1995: 147 | |
| Comment | ||