Zebra crossing
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English
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Etymology
From the similarity of the stripes to those of a zebra.
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Noun
zebra crossing (plural zebra crossings)
- A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street.
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Translations
Some of these (e.g. French, German) are just "pedestrian" rather than "zebra" crossing.
- Dutch: zebrapad n
- Finnish: suojatie
- French: passage clouté m, passage piéton m
- German: Zebrastreifen m
- Italian: attraversamento zebrato m
- Romanian: trecere de pietoni f, zebrÄ f
- Russian: пеÑÐµÑ Ð¾Ð´Ð½Ñй пеÑÐµÑ Ð¾Ð´ m, полоÑаÑÑй пеÑÐµÑ Ð¾Ð´ m, зебÑа f, зебÑа пеÑÐµÑ Ð¾Ð´ m
- Swedish: övergångsställe
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