pedestrian
adjectifnomattesté dans les dialogues
- //pəˈdɛstɹiən//
Of or intended for those who are walking.
adjectif
- 1
Of or intended for those who are walking.
pedestrian crossing
pedestrian zone
The piezoelectric pedestrian tubeways depicted for Shanghai 2121 will provide all-weather pedestrian transportation citywide.
- 2
figuréOrdinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
His manner of dress was pedestrian but tidy.
a pedestrian life
England were hugely impressive in the first half in particular, when their supporters inside this magnificent bowl at Stade Velodrome roared their approval as Russia were pressed into submission and made to look pedestrian.
Their prose is pedestrian, their ideas weak. Hail them.
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Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.
The choreographer prefers pedestrian movements.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Latin pēs Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-h₁its Proto-Italic *-its Latin -es Latin pedes Latin -ter Latin pedester Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English pedestrian From Latin pedester (oblique stem pedestri-) + English -an.
nom
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A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
[…] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […]
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vieilliAn expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running.
Formes
- pluriel
- pedestrians
- comparatif
- more pedestrian
- superlatif
- most pedestrian
pedestrian · Of or intended for those who are walking.
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