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pedestrianization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English pedestrian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English pedestrianization From pedestrian + -ization.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: piyadalaşma — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Azerbaijani: piyadalaşdırma — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Azerbaijani: piyadalaşdırılma — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Catalan: conversió en zona per a vianants — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Catalan: vianantització — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Catalan: peatonalització — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • French: piétonnisation — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • French: piétonisation — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Galician: peonalización — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • German: Umwandlung in eine Fußgängerzone — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • German: Umwandlung zur Fußgängerzone — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Greek: πεζοδρόμηση (pezodrómisi) — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Irish: teorannú do choisithe — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Italian: pedonalizzazione — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Portuguese: pedestrianização — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Portuguese: pedonalização — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Russian: пешеходиза́ция (pešexodizácija) — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Spanish: peatonalización — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only
  • Spanish: peatonización — the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only