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zigzag
English
Etymology
Attested from 1712. Borrowed from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /?z??.zæ?/
Noun
zigzag (plural zigzags)
- a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions
- one of such sharp turns
Translations
Adjective
zigzag (not comparable)
- Moving in, or having a zigzag.
- 1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, London: Chapman & Hall, Volume 2, Chapter 6, pp. 78-79,[1]
- His thoughts were fixed on one subject, and it was an effort to him to follow the zigzag remarks of his children—an effort which he did not make.
- 1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, London: Chapman & Hall, Volume 2, Chapter 6, pp. 78-79,[1]
Translations
Verb
zigzag (third-person singular simple present zigzags, present participle zigzagging, simple past and past participle zigzagged)
- To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
- 2002, Malcolm Yorke, Mervyn Peake: My Eyes Mint Gold: A Life, page 298:
- If the first two novels created a new genre — Peakean fantasy — then this third volume zigzags between several: the Bildungsroman, science fiction, social satire, morality tale and dystopian prophecy.
- Synonym: zig and zag
- 2002, Malcolm Yorke, Mervyn Peake: My Eyes Mint Gold: A Life, page 298:
Translations
Adverb
zigzag (comparative more zigzag, superlative most zigzag)
- in a zigzag manner or pattern
Translations
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French zigzag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?z?x.z?x/
- Hyphenation: zig?zag
Noun
zigzag m (plural zigzags, diminutive zigzagje n)
- zigzag (line in a sawtooth pattern)
Derived terms
- zigzaggen
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /zi?.za?/
Noun
zigzag m (plural zigzags)
- zigzag
Romanian
Etymology
From French zigzag.
Noun
zigzag n (plural zigzaguri)
- zigzag
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French zigzag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?i???a?/, [?i????a??]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /si??sa?/, [si???sa??]
Noun
zigzag m (plural zigzags or zigzagues)
- zigzag
Derived terms
- zigzagueo m
- zigzaguear
- zigzagueante
References
“zigzag” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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digressive
English
Etymology
digress +? -ive
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /da?????s?v/
- Rhymes: -?s?v
Adjective
digressive (comparative more digressive, superlative most digressive)
- Marked by digression; rambling
Derived terms
- digressiveness
Related terms
- digress
- digression
Translations
French
Adjective
digressive
- feminine singular of digressif
Italian
Adjective
digressive
- feminine plural of digressivo
Anagrams
- degressivi, divergessi
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