Phrase guide

pedestrian crossing

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A place where pedestrians are permitted to or advised to cross a street.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crosswalk, ped xing

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: zebra crossing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crossing, crosswalk, crossover

Narrower terms: pelican crossing, school crossing

History

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Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: voetoorgang — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Afrikaans: zebrakruising — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Arabic: عُبُورُ الْمُشَاة (ʕubūru l-mušāh) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Arabic: مَمَرُّ الرَّاجِلِينَ (mamarru r-rājilīna) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Armenian: անցում (ancʻum) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Armenian: հետիոտնային անցում (hetiotnayin ancʻum) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Azerbaijani: piyada keçidi — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Basque: oinezko pasabide — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Belarusian: пешахо́дны перахо́д (pješaxódny pjeraxód) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Bulgarian: пешехо́дна пъте́ка (pešehódna pǎtéka) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Catalan: pas de vianants — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Catalan: cruïlla — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行人穿越道 (xíngrén chuānyuèdào) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人行橫道 /人行横道 (rénxíng héngdào) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Chinese Mandarin: 橫斷步道 /横断步道 (héngduàn bùdào) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Czech: přechod pro chodce — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Danish: fodgængerfelt — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Danish: fodgængerovergang — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Dutch: zebrapad — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Dutch: oversteekplaats — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Esperanto: piediranta transiro — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Estonian: ülekäigurada — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Finnish: suojatie — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • French: passage piéton — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • French: passage pour piétons — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • French: passage clouté — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Georgian: საფეხმავლო (sapexmavlo) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • German: Fußgängerübergang — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • German: Fußgängerüberweg — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • German: Zebrastreifen — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Greek: διάβαση πεζών (diávasi pezón) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Hebrew: מַעֲבַר חֲצִיָּה (ma'avár khatsiyá) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Hindi: पैदल पारपथ (paidal pārpath) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Hungarian: gyalogátkelőhely — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Hungarian: gyalogátkelő — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Hungarian: zebra — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Icelandic: gangbraut — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Indonesian: (tempat) penyeberangan pejalan kaki — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Indonesian: penyeberangan jalan — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Irish: trasrian coisithe — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Italian: attraversamento pedonale — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Italian: passaggio pedonale — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Italian: strisce pedonali — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Japanese: 横断歩道 (ōdan hodō) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Kazakh: жаяу өткел (jaäu ötkel) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Khmer: គំនូសសម្រាប់ថ្មើរជើងឆ្លងកាត់ (kumnuuh sɑmrap thmaə cəəng chlɑɑng kat) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Korean: 횡단보도 (hoengdanbodo) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Latvian: gājēju pāreja — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Lithuanian: Pėsčiųjų perėja — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Lithuanian: pėsčiųjų perėja — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Macedonian: пе́шачки пре́мин (péšački prémin) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Malay: lintasan pejalan kaki — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Māori: whitinga waehīkoi — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fotgjengerfelt — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fotgjengerovergang — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gangfelt — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sebrastripe — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gangfelt — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Occitan: passatge clavelat — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Iranian Persian: خَطکِشیِ عابِرِ پِیادِه (xat-keši-ye âber-e piyâde) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Polish: przejście dla pieszych — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Portuguese: faixa de pedestres — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Portuguese: faixa — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Romanian: trecere de pietoni — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Romanian: zebră — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Russian: пешехо́дный перехо́д (pešexódnyj perexód) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Russian: зе́бра (zébra) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Scottish Gaelic: àite-coise — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Slovak: priechod pre chodcov — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Spanish: paso de peatones — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Spanish: paso de cebra — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Spanish: cruce peatonal — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Swedish: övergångsställe — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Tagalog: tawiran — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Tajik: гузаргоҳи пиёдагард (guzargoh-i piyodagard) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Thai: ทางข้าม (taang-kâam) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Turkish: yaya geçidi — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Ukrainian: пішохі́дний перехі́д (pišoxídnyj perexíd) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Ukrainian: зе́бра (zébra) — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Vietnamese: lối qua đường cho người đi bộ — place for pedestrians to cross a street
  • Welsh: croesfan cerddwyr — place for pedestrians to cross a street