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zebra crossing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈzɛbɹə ˌkɹɔsɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

zebra + crossing From the similarity of the stripes to those of a zebra.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street.
   • They also believed that if they were killed on a zebra crossing, the Government would pay for their funerals. They had the definite impression that that was what zebra crossings were meant for. Free funerals. 2008 December 16, Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things, Random House, →ISBN, →OL, Ch. 1:
   • The Abbey Road zebra crossing in north London — made famous after appearing on a Beatles album cover — has been given Grade II listed status. 2010 December 22, “Beatles' Abbey Road zebra crossing given listed status”, in BBC News:
   • Do not ride across a pelican, puffin or zebra crossing. Dismount and wheel your cycle across. 2003, The Highway Code for Northern Ireland, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 16:
   • '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. 1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 6, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 50:

Forms

Hypernyms

pedestrian crossing · crosswalk · ped xing

Relateds

Belisha beacon · pelican crossing · island · toucan crossing · ghost island · puffin crossing

Translations (59)

eo zebrostria pasejo (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · cs zebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · cy croesfan sebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · fr passage pour piétons (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · nb fotgjengerfelt (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · es cebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · nb fotgjengerovergang (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · kw treusva labol (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · fr passage clouté (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · sw kivuko milia (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · nn gangfelt (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ru зе́бра (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · da fodgængerovergang (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · da fodgængerfelt (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · es paso de cebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · id zebra cross (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ko 횡단보도 (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ru полоса́тый перехо́д (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · eo stripasejo (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · fr passage piéton (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ga trasrian síogach (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · hu zebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · nl zebrapad (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ms lintasan zebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · de Fußgängerüberweg (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · nan-hbl 斑馬線 /斑马线 (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · sk zebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · hy անցում (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ga bealach trasna (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · lb Zebrasträif (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ru зе́бра перехо́д (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ca pas zebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ro trecere de pietoni (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · sk priechod pre chodcov (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ro zebră (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · pt faixa (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · th ทางม้าลาย (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ja 横断歩道 (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · hy զեբր (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · it strisce pedonali (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · pl zebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · pt faixa de pedestres (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · kk жаяу өткел (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · sv övergångsställe (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · yue 斑馬線 /斑马线 (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ca pas de zebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · tr yaya geçidi (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · de Zebrastreifen (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · pt passadeira (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · fi suojatie (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · is sebrabraut (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · es cebra peatonal (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · pt zebra (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ru пешехо́дный перехо́д (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · cs přechod pro chodce (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · cmn 斑馬線 /斑马线 (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · nb gangfelt (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · it attraversamento zebrato (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) · ar مَمَرُّ الرَّاجِلِين (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes)