zigzag

Etymology
Attested from 1712. Borrowed from (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via  (although 🇨🇬 is attested only from 1703). Also, possibly from the shape of the letter Z, which appears twice in the word.

Noun

 * 1) A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions.
 * 2) One of these sharp turns.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: sigsag
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: зігза́г
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏅᏗᏍᏔᏅᏓ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, Z字形
 * Cornish: kammdro, ygam-ogam
 * Esperanto: zigzago
 * Estonian: siksakjoon
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: zigzag
 * Georgian: ზიგზაგი, იკანკელი, ტეხილი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: fiarlán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: бұралаң
 * Korean: 갈지자,
 * Malay: jalur berliku
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: зигзаг
 * Norwegian: sikksakk
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sotho: letswedintsweke
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зигза́г, зиґза́ґ
 * Welsh:


 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, terävä käännös

Adjective

 * 1) Moving in, or having a zigzag.
 * 2)  Drunk.
 * 1)  Drunk.
 * 1)  Drunk.
 * 1)  Drunk.
 * 1)  Drunk.

Translations

 * Esperanto: zigzaga
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: mutkitteleva
 * Georgian: დაკლაკნილი, ზიგზაგისებრი, ზიგზაგური, კლაკნილი, იკანკლური
 * Maori: kōpekapeka
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: кыри-гури
 * Portuguese: ziguezagueante
 * Scottish Gaelic: lùbach
 * Spanish: en zigzag
 * Welsh:
 * Yoruba: kọ́lọkọ̀lọ

Verb

 * 1) To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 曲折前進, ,
 * Cornish: kammdreylya
 * Czech: kličkovat
 * Esperanto: zigzagi
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian:, cikcakkban halad
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ジグザグに進む
 * Maori: whakatahataha
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: идти́ зигза́гом, де́лать зигза́ги
 * Serbo-Croatian: ševuljica
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh: igamogamu
 * ǃXóõ: ǂūbe

Adverb

 * 1) in a zigzag manner or pattern

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: zigzage
 * Estonian: siksakiliselt
 * Finnish: siksak
 * Georgian: ზიგზაგურად, დაკლაკნილად, იკანკლურად, კლაკნილად
 * German: zickzack
 * Hungarian: cikcakkban, zegzugosan, zegzugos vonalban
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 갈지자로, 지그재그로, 비틀배틀, 실룩샐룩, 휙획
 * Portuguese: ziguezagueando, em ziguezague
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: en zigzag
 * Ukrainian: зигза́гом, зиґза́ґом, зигза́гами, зиґза́ґами
 * Welsh:, o un ochr i'r llall

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  line in a sawtooth pattern

Noun

 * 1) zigzag

Alternative forms

 * zigzag

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