middle
→
means
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | moyen | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | de moyenne taille medium
height |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | means | il a essayé tous les moyens he
tried every means |
| Reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme 1 | Mittel- | |
| Lexeme 2 | Mittel | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | Mittelhochdeutsch medium-high German |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | means | ein sicheres Mittel reliable means |
| Reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Greek | |
| Lexeme | μέσο | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | Προχωρήστε προς το μέσο του λεωφορείου! Move to the middle part of the bus! |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | means | μέσο παραγωγής means of production |
| Reference | DSMG | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | средний | |
| Lexeme 2 | средство | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | means | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Spanish | |
| Lexeme | medio | |
| Meaning 1 | middle | Alemania está en medio de Europa. Germany is in the middle of Europe. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | (in the plural) means | El fin justifica los medios. Por todos los medios. The end justifies the means. By any means. |
| Reference | DRAE | |
| Comment | ||