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A place where pedestrians are permitted to or advised to cross a street.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crosswalk, ped xing
Antonyms: none provided
street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: zebra crossing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crossing, crosswalk, crossover
Narrower terms: pelican crossing, school crossing
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
voetoorgang
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Afrikaans:
zebrakruising
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Arabic:
عُبُورُ الْمُشَاة
(ʕubūru l-mušāh)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Arabic:
مَمَرُّ الرَّاجِلِينَ
(mamarru r-rājilīna)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Armenian:
անցում
(ancʻum)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Armenian:
հետիոտնային անցում
(hetiotnayin ancʻum)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Azerbaijani:
piyada keçidi
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Basque:
oinezko pasabide
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Belarusian:
пешахо́дны перахо́д
(pješaxódny pjeraxód)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Bulgarian:
пешехо́дна пъте́ка
(pešehódna pǎtéka)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Catalan:
pas de vianants
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Catalan:
cruïlla
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Chinese Mandarin:
行人穿越道
(xíngrén chuānyuèdào)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Chinese Mandarin:
人行橫道 /人行横道
(rénxíng héngdào)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Chinese Mandarin:
橫斷步道 /横断步道
(héngduàn bùdào)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Czech:
přechod pro chodce
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Danish:
fodgængerfelt
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Danish:
fodgængerovergang
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Dutch:
zebrapad
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Dutch:
oversteekplaats
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Esperanto:
piediranta transiro
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Estonian:
ülekäigurada
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Finnish:
suojatie
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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French:
passage piéton
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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French:
passage pour piétons
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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French:
passage clouté
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Georgian:
საფეხმავლო
(sapexmavlo)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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German:
Fußgängerübergang
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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German:
Fußgängerüberweg
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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German:
Zebrastreifen
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Greek:
διάβαση πεζών
(diávasi pezón)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Hebrew:
מַעֲבַר חֲצִיָּה
(ma'avár khatsiyá)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Hindi:
पैदल पारपथ
(paidal pārpath)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Hungarian:
gyalogátkelőhely
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Hungarian:
gyalogátkelő
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Hungarian:
zebra
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Icelandic:
gangbraut
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Indonesian:
(tempat) penyeberangan pejalan kaki
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Indonesian:
penyeberangan jalan
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Irish:
trasrian coisithe
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Italian:
attraversamento pedonale
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Italian:
passaggio pedonale
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Italian:
strisce pedonali
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Japanese:
横断歩道
(ōdan hodō)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Kazakh:
жаяу өткел
(jaäu ötkel)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Khmer:
គំនូសសម្រាប់ថ្មើរជើងឆ្លងកាត់
(kumnuuh sɑmrap thmaə cəəng chlɑɑng kat)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Korean:
횡단보도
(hoengdanbodo)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Latvian:
gājēju pāreja
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Lithuanian:
Pėsčiųjų perėja
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Lithuanian:
pėsčiųjų perėja
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Macedonian:
пе́шачки пре́мин
(péšački prémin)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Malay:
lintasan pejalan kaki
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Māori:
whitinga waehīkoi
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fotgjengerfelt
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fotgjengerovergang
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gangfelt
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sebrastripe
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
gangfelt
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Occitan:
passatge clavelat
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Iranian Persian:
خَطکِشیِ عابِرِ پِیادِه
(xat-keši-ye âber-e piyâde)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Polish:
przejście dla pieszych
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Portuguese:
faixa de pedestres
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Portuguese:
faixa
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Romanian:
trecere de pietoni
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Romanian:
zebră
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Russian:
пешехо́дный перехо́д
(pešexódnyj perexód)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Russian:
зе́бра
(zébra)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Scottish Gaelic:
àite-coise
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Slovak:
priechod pre chodcov
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Spanish:
paso de peatones
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Spanish:
paso de cebra
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Spanish:
cruce peatonal
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Swedish:
övergångsställe
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Tagalog:
tawiran
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Tajik:
гузаргоҳи пиёдагард
(guzargoh-i piyodagard)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Thai:
ทางข้าม
(taang-kâam)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Turkish:
yaya geçidi
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Ukrainian:
пішохі́дний перехі́д
(pišoxídnyj perexíd)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Ukrainian:
зе́бра
(zébra)
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Vietnamese:
lối qua đường cho người đi bộ
— place for pedestrians to cross a street
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Welsh:
croesfan cerddwyr
— place for pedestrians to cross a street