to bloom, blossom
↔
to flourish, prosper
12 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | blomstre | |
| meaning 1 | to blossom | blomstrende kirsebærtræer blossoming cherry trees |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to flourish, prosper | handelen blomstrer the business is flourishing |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | virágzik | |
| meaning 1 | to blossom | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to succeed | |
| reference | Гальди 1974: 793 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | blomstre | |
| meaning 1 | to blossom | kirsebærtrærne blomstrer the cherry trees are blossoming |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to flourish | kulturlivet blomstrer cultural life flourishes |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | a înflori | |
| meaning 1 | to blossom | au înflorit merii apple trees blossomed |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to prosper, to make progress | înfloresc centrele de cultură Cultural centers are prospering |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | DRRS 1, 1121, DEX98 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | blomstra | |
| meaning 1 | to blossom | de vandrade över blomstrande ängar they wandered through blossoming meadows |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to flourish | varvsindustrin blomstrade ännu på 1960-talet the shipbuilding industry was still flourishing in the 1960s |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
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