Zebra crossing
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Etymology
From the similarity of the stripes to those of a zebra.
Noun
zebra crossing (plural zebra crossings)
- A pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes painted parallel to the street.
Translations
Are these for "zebra crossing" or just "pedestrian crossing"?
- Dutch: zebrapad n
- Finnish: suojatie
- French: passage clouté m, passage piéton m
- German: Zebrastreifen m
- Romanian: trecere de pietoni f, zebră f
- Russian: пешеходный переход m, полосатый переход m, зебра f, зебра переход m
- Swedish: övergångsställe
See also
- crosswalk
- island
- pedestrian crossing
- ped xing
- pelican crossing
- puffin crossing
- toucan crossing
