zebra crossing
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zebra crossing
- /ˈzɛbɹə ˌkɹɔsɪŋ/ UK
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zebra + crossing From the similarity of the stripes to those of a zebra.
noun zebra crossings
- A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street. 'Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.
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noun pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes
| Español | paso de cebra, cebra peatonal, cebra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 횡단보도 hoengdanbodo |
| 日本語 | 横断歩道 ōdan hodō |
| 中文 | 斑馬線 /斑马线 bānmǎxiàn |
| Kiswahili | kivuko milia |
| Português | passadeira, zebra, faixa de pedestres, faixa |
| Français | passage pour piétons, passage piéton, passage clouté |
| Deutsch | Zebrastreifen, Fußgängerüberweg |
| Italiano | strisce pedonali, attraversamento zebrato |
| Română | trecere de pietoni, zebră |
| Русский | пешехо́дный перехо́д pešexódnyj perexód, полоса́тый перехо́д polosátyj perexód, зе́бра zébra, зе́бра перехо́д zébra perexód |
| العربية | مَمَرُّ الرَّاجِلِين mamarru r-rājilīn |
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title = {zebra crossing},
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