goose
→
fool
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | guska | |
| meaning 1 | goose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool (about woman) | |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | gander | |
| meaning 1 | goose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool, simpleton | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | anserine | |
| meaning 1 | pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | silly, foolish, stupid | |
| reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| comment | From Latin anserinus 'of or pertaining to a goose' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | liba | |
| meaning 1 | goose | a liba gágog, sziszeg the goose gaggles, hisses |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (figuratively, colloquial, sarcastic) a foolish / silly / ignorant girl | Micsoda liba ez a lány! What a fool this girl is! |
| reference | MEK 1978 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | oca | |
| meaning 1 | goose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | foolish, silly (female) | |
| reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | gâscă | |
| meaning 1 | goose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | foolish (or gullible) woman or girl | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | гуска (guska) | |
| meaning 1 | goose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool (about woman) | |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 237 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | ganso | |
| meaning 1 | goose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | stupid or slow-witted person | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | kaz | |
| meaning 1 | goose | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | fool | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 527 | |
| comment | ||