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10 Language-to-English DictionariesPedestrianize
/pəˈdes.tri.ə.naɪz/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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To adapt a street, area, or thoroughfare for use only by pedestrians, prohibiting motor vehicles.
"The city council voted to pedestrianize the entire downtown shopping district to reduce pollution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'pedestrian' (ultimately from Latin 'pedester', meaning on foot, from 'pes', foot) combined with the verbal suffix '-ize' (from Greek '-izein'). The term emerged in mid-20th-century urban planning literature as cities increasingly sought to restrict vehicular traffic in favor of walkers.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pedestrianize" is said worldwide
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piétonniser
Transliteration: pje.tɔ.ni.ze
"La ville a décidé de piétonniser la rue principale."
ver Fußgängerzone umwandeln
Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ ˈfuːsˌɡɛŋɐˌtsoːnə ˈʊmˌvandl̩n
Script: zur Fußgängerzone machen
"Die Innenstadt soll komplett verkehrsberuhigt und pedestrianisiert werden."
pedonalizzare
Transliteration: pe.do.na.lidˈdza.re
"Il sindaco vuole pedonalizzare il centro storico."
peatonalizar
Transliteration: pea.to.na.liˈðar
"Van a peatonalizar varias calles este fin de semana."
pedestres
Transliteration: pe.dus.tɾi.zaˈɾi
Script: pedestrizar
"A prefeitura planeja pedestrizar a avenida principal."
पैदल यात्रियों के अनुकूल बनाना
Transliteration: paidal yātriyoṁ ke anukūl banānā
"शहर ने मुख्य बाजार को पैदल यात्रियों के अनुकूल बनाने का फैसला किया है।"
步行化
Transliteration: bù xíng huà
"政府计划将市中心商业街步行化。"
보행자 전용으로 만들다
Transliteration: bo-haeng-ja jeon-yong-euro man-deul-da
"시청에서는 도심 거리를 보행자 전용으로 만들기로 결정했다."
歩行者天国にする
Transliteration: hokōsha tengoku ni suru
"週末にはその通りを歩行者天国にします。"
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