World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariescanne / phasme
Native Script:canne
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /kan/ /fasm/
"Il s'appuie sur une canne pour marcher."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A stick or staff held in the hand to assist in walking or hiking.
"He used a sturdy wooden walking-stick to help him climb the steep hill." - 2
Any of numerous slender, wingless insects of the order Phasmida that closely resemble twigs or branches.
"We spotted a large walking-stick camouflaged against the bark of the oak tree."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term is a direct combination of the Old English verbs and nouns 'walkian' (to roll, toss about, later to move on foot) and 'stīca' or Old Norse 'stikr' (stake, stick). Recorded in the late Middle English period, it initially described a staff used to assist in walking before being extended to refer to phytophagous insects that mimic twigs.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Walking-stick" is said worldwide
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canne / phasme
Transliteration: /kan/ /fasm/
Script: canne
"Il s'appuie sur une canne pour marcher."
Spazierstock / Gespenstschrecke
Transliteration: /ʃpaˈtsiːɐ̯ˌʃtɔk/
Script: Spazierstock
"Er geht jeden Tag mit einem Spazierstock spazieren."
bastone da passeggio
Transliteration: /baˈsto.ne da pasˈsɛd.dʒo/
"Il nonno cammina sempre con il suo bastone da passeggio."
bastón
Transliteration: /basˈton/
"El abuelo usa un bastón para caminar por el parque."
bengala
Transliteration: /bẽˈɡa.lɐ/
"Ele caminha firmemente apoiado em sua bengala."
चलने की छड़ी
Transliteration: chalne ki chhadi
"बुजुर्ग व्यक्ति चलने की छड़ी का उपयोग करता है।"
手杖 / 竹节虫
Transliteration: /shǒu zhàng/
Script: 手杖
"他登山时随身携带一根手杖。"
지팡이
Transliteration: /jipang-i/
"할아버지께서는 튼튼한 지팡이를 짚고 걸으십니다."
杖
Transliteration: /tsue/
"彼は散歩のときに杖をついて歩きます。"
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