to leave, abandon
→
to begin (intr.)
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | partir | |
| meaning 1 | to leave | Attention, le train va partir. Attention, the train is leaving. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to begin | Les vacances partent du 1er juillet. The holidays begin on the 1st of July. |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | Cf. also the noun départ 'departure' and 'beginning' and the colloquial expression C'est parti ! 'Let's go!' | |