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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieszancos
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sankos
"El acróbata actúa sobre zancos."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Poles with foot supports used for walking high above the ground, often used in performance arts, construction, or traversing flooded areas.
"The carnival performer walked gracefully through the crowd on tall wooden stilts." - 2
Long posts or pillars that support a building above the ground or water surface.
"The coastal beach house was built on concrete stilts to protect it from rising tides."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch words such as 'stilte', meaning a pillar or post, relating to supports. Historically used in European marshlands for traversing wet ground, the term evolved to describe any poles used to elevate individuals or structures.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Stilts" is said worldwide
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échasses
Transliteration: eshass
"Les artistes marchent sur des échasses."
Stelzen
Transliteration: shteltsen
"Die Kinder laufen auf Stelzen."
trampoli
Transliteration: trampoli
"Il clown cammina sui trampoli."
zancos
Transliteration: sankos
"El acróbata actúa sobre zancos."
pernas de pau
Transliteration: pernas-de-pau
"O artista de circo usava pernas de pau."
बैसाखी
Transliteration: baisakhi
"कलाकार बाँस की डंडियों पर चल रहा था।"
高跷
Transliteration: gāo qiáo
"杂技演员在表演踩高跷。"
죽마
Transliteration: jukma
"축제에서 광대들이 죽마를 타고 있습니다."
竹馬
Transliteration: takeuma
"子供たちが竹馬で遊んでいます。"
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