thread
→
wire (n.)
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | lar (լար) | |
| lexeme 2 | metaġalar (մետաղալար) | |
| meaning 1 | rope, cord, string | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wire (n.) | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | cable | |
| meaning 1 | strong, large-diameter rope | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | strong, large-diameter wire | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum 'lasso, rope, halter' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | Draht | |
| meaning 1 | (obsolete) thread | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wire (n.) | |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| lexeme | утас (utas) | |
| meaning 1 | thread | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | wire, telephone | |
| reference | BAMRS 2001-2002 | |
| comment | Also төмөр утас |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | fir | |
| meaning 1 | thread, rope | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | wire (n.) | |
| reference | MDA2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | cable | |
| meaning 1 | cord | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | wire | |
| reference | DRAE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | sǎai (สาย) | |
| meaning 1 | ripe, string, strap | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | wire (n.) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||