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nounA place where pedestrians are permitted to or advised to cross a street.
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nounstreet crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
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Translations
Afrikaans voetoorgang, zebrakruising
- voetoorgangplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- zebrakruisingplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Arabic عُبُورُ الْمُشَاة, مَمَرُّ الرَّاجِلِينَ
- عُبُورُ الْمُشَاة (ʕubūru l-mušāh)place for pedestrians to cross a street
- مَمَرُّ الرَّاجِلِينَ (mamarru r-rājilīna)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Basque oinezko pasabide
- oinezko pasabideplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Bulgarian пешехо́дна пъте́ка
- пешехо́дна пъте́ка (pešehódna pătéka)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Catalan pas de vianants, cruïlla
- pas de vianantsplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- cruïllaplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Chinese Mandarin 行人穿越道, 人行橫道 /人行横道
- 行人穿越道 (xíngrén chuānyuèdào)place for pedestrians to cross a street
- 人行橫道 /人行横道 (rénxíng héngdào)place for pedestrians to cross a street
- 橫斷步道 /横断步道 (héngduàn bùdào)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Czech přechod pro chodce
- přechod pro chodceplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Danish fodgængerfelt, fodgængerovergang
- fodgængerfeltplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- fodgængerovergangplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Dutch zebrapad, oversteekplaats
- zebrapadplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- oversteekplaatsplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Esperanto piediranta transiro
- piediranta transiroplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Estonian ülekäigurada
- ülekäiguradaplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Finnish suojatie
- suojatieplace for pedestrians to cross a street
French passage piéton, passage pour piétons
- passage piétonplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- passage pour piétonsplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- passage cloutéplace for pedestrians to cross a street
German Fußgängerübergang, Fußgängerüberweg
- Fußgängerübergangplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- Fußgängerüberwegplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- Zebrastreifenplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Greek διάβαση πεζών
- διάβαση πεζών (diávasi pezón)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Hebrew מַעֲבַר חֲצִיָּה
- מַעֲבַר חֲצִיָּה (ma'avár khatsiyá)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Hindi पैदल पारपथ
- पैदल पारपथ (paidal pārpath)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Hungarian gyalogátkelőhely, gyalogátkelő
- gyalogátkelőhelyplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- gyalogátkelőplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- zebraplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Icelandic gangbraut
- gangbrautplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Indonesian (tempat) penyeberangan pejalan kaki, penyeberangan jalan
- (tempat) penyeberangan pejalan kakiplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- penyeberangan jalanplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Irish trasrian coisithe
- trasrian coisitheplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Italian attraversamento pedonale, passaggio pedonale
- attraversamento pedonaleplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- passaggio pedonaleplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- strisce pedonaliplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Japanese 横断歩道
- 横断歩道 (ōdan hodō)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Korean 횡단보도
- 횡단보도 (hoengdanbodo)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Latvian gājēju pāreja
- gājēju pārejaplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Lithuanian Pėsčiųjų perėja, pėsčiųjų perėja
- Pėsčiųjų perėjaplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- pėsčiųjų perėjaplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Malay lintasan pejalan kaki
- lintasan pejalan kakiplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Māori whitinga waehīkoi
- whitinga waehīkoiplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Norwegian Bokmål fotgjengerfelt, fotgjengerovergang
- fotgjengerfeltplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- fotgjengerovergangplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- gangfeltplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- sebrastripeplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Polish przejście dla pieszych
- przejście dla pieszychplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Portuguese faixa de pedestres, faixa
- faixa de pedestresplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- faixaplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Romanian trecere de pietoni, zebră
- trecere de pietoniplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- zebrăplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Russian пешехо́дный перехо́д, зе́бра
- пешехо́дный перехо́д (pešexódnyj perexód)place for pedestrians to cross a street
- зе́бра (zébra)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Scottish Gaelic àite-coise
- àite-coiseplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Slovak priechod pre chodcov
- priechod pre chodcovplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Spanish paso de peatones, paso de cebra
- paso de peatonesplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- paso de cebraplace for pedestrians to cross a street
- cruce peatonalplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Swedish övergångsställe
- övergångsställeplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Tagalog tawiran
- tawiranplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Thai ทางข้าม
- ทางข้าม (taang-kâam)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Turkish yaya geçidi
- yaya geçidiplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Ukrainian пішохі́дний перехі́д, зе́бра
- пішохі́дний перехі́д (pišoxídnyj perexíd)place for pedestrians to cross a street
- зе́бра (zébra)place for pedestrians to cross a street
Vietnamese lối qua đường cho người đi bộ
- lối qua đường cho người đi bộplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Welsh croesfan cerddwyr
- croesfan cerddwyrplace for pedestrians to cross a street
Cite this entry
APA
pedestrian crossing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrian%20crossing
MLA
“pedestrian crossing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrian%20crossing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedestrian crossing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedestrian%20crossing.
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