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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

횡단보도

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hoeng-dan-bo-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pedestrian crossing/pəˈdɛs.tri.ən ˈkrɒs.ɪŋ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 횡단보도로 건너야 합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A designated place on a road where pedestrians have the right to cross and where motorists must yield.

    "Drivers must always yield to pedestrians at a marked pedestrian crossing."
  2. 2

    An intersection or thoroughfare equipped with signals or markings to facilitate safe foot traffic across a street.

    "The city installed a new pedestrian crossing near the elementary school to improve student safety."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'pedestrian', originating from the Latin 'pedester' (going on foot, from 'pes', meaning foot), and 'crossing', derived from Middle English verbs related to intersecting or traversing. The abbreviated form 'ped-xing' arose in North American traffic engineering and signage shorthand during the mid-20th century to fit limited space on road signs.

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