to break (intr.)
→
to break (of male voice)
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | break | |
| meaning 1 | to break (intr.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to break (of male voice) | Petya was already a big, thirteen-year-old, handsome, fun-loving and smart-playful boy, whose voice was already breaking. [L. N. Tolstoy. War and Peace. Volume two (1867-1869)] |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | brechen | |
| meaning 1 | to break (intr.) | Wann hast du dir den Arm gebrochen? When did you break your arm? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to break (of male voice) | Petya war bereits ein großer, dreizehnjähriger, hübscher, lebenslustiger und klug verspielter Junge, dessen Stimme bereits brach. [L. N. Tolstoi. Krieg und Frieden. Band zwei (1867-1869)] Petya was already a big, thirteen-year-old, handsome, fun-loving and smart-playful boy, whose voice was already breaking. [L. N. Tolstoy. War and Peace. Volume two (1867-1869)] |
| reference | NRC ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | Cf. Stimmbruch ‘breaking voice (in adolescence)’ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | ломаться (lomat'sja) | |
| meaning 1 | to break (intr.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to break (of male voice) | Примерно в 10-14 лет у мальчиков начинает ломаться голос. At about 10-14 years old, the voice begins to break in boys. |
| reference | BTS | |
| comment | ||