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crosswalk

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A point designated for pedestrians to cross a street.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

  • Keep together, kids, when we go across the sreet in/at the crosswalk.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mapping between equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To map equivalent elements (fields) in different database schemas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crossing, crossover

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: path

Narrower terms: grade separation, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing

History

Etymology

From cross + walk.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: yayaq keçidi — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Belarusian: пешаходны пераход (pješaxódny pjeraxód) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Burmese: လူကူးကူး (luku:ku:) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Catalan: pas de vianants — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Chinese Cantonese: 斑馬線 /斑马线 (baan1 maa5 sin3) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Chinese Cantonese: 行人穿越道 (hang4 jan4 cyun1 jyut6 dou6) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Chinese: 斑馬線 /斑马线 (zh-min-nan) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Chinese: 過路線 /过路线 (kòe-lō͘-sòan, kè-lō͘-sòan) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斑馬線 /斑马线 (bānmǎxiàn) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行人穿越道 (xíngrén chuānyuèdào) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Czech: přechod pro chodce — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Danish: fodgængerfelt — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Dutch: oversteekplaats — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Dutch: zebrapad — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Esperanto: transirejo — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Estonian: jalakäijate ületamine — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Finnish: suojatie — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • French: passage piéton — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • German: Zebrastreifen — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • German: Fußgängerübergang — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Hebrew: מַעֲבַר חֲצִיָּה (ma'vár ẖatsiyá) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Hindi: पैदल यात्री क्रॉसिंग (paidal yātrī krŏsiṅg) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Hungarian: gyalogátkelőhely — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Hungarian: zebra — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Icelandic: gangbraut — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Indonesian: jalur pejalan kaki — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Irish: trasrian síogach — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Irish: trasrian coisithe — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Italian: strisce pedonali — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Japanese: 横断歩道 (ōdan hodō) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Korean: 횡단보도 (hoengdanbodo) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Macedonian: пешачки премин (pešački premin) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Malay: trek pejalan kaki — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gangfelt — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fotgjengerovergang — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Portuguese: faixa de pedestres — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Portuguese: faixa — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Romanian: trecere pietonală — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Russian: пешехо́дный перехо́д (pešexódnyj perexód) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Spanish: cruce — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Spanish: paso de peatones — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Spanish: cruce peatonal — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Swedish: övergångsställe — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Tagalog: tawiran — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Tajik: пиёдагард (piyodagard) — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Turkish: yaya geçidi — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Uzbek: piyodalar izi — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • Welsh: croesfan zebra — place where pedestrians can cross a street
  • West Frisian: sebrapaad — place where pedestrians can cross a street
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