zigzag

See also Zigzag

English

Etymology

Attested from 1712. Borrowing from French zigzag (attested from 1662), possibly from a Germanic source via Walloon ziczac (although German Zickzack is attested only from 1703).

Noun

zigzag (plural zigzags)

1. a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions
2. one of such sharp turns

References

Translations

a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions

• Afrikaans: sigsag (af)
• Armenian: զիգզագ (hy) (zigzag)
• Catalan: ziga-zaga (ca) f, zig-zag (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 之字形 (cmn) (zhīzìxíng), Z字形 (cmn)

• Esperanto: zigzago (eo)
• Finnish: siksak (fi), siksakki (fi), (dated) sik-sak (fi)
• French: zigzag (fr) m
• Georgian: ზიგზაგი (ka) (zigzagi), იკანკელი (ka) (ikankeli), ტეხილი (ka) (texili)
• German: Zickzack (de) m

• Hungarian: cikcakk (hu)
• Irish: fiarlán (ga) m
• Italian: zigzag (it) m
• Japanese: ジグザグ (ja) (jiguzagu)
• Korean: 갈지자 (ko) (galjija), 지그재그 (ko) (jigeu-jaegeu)
• Norwegian: sikksakk (no) m
• Portuguese: ziguezague (pt) m
• Russian: зигзаг (ru) (zigzág) m
• Sotho: letswedintsweke (st)
• Spanish: zigzag (es) m
• Turkish: zikzak (tr)

Adjective

zigzag (comparative more zigzag, superlative most zigzag)

1. Moving in, or having a zigzag.

Translations

moving in or having a zigzag

• Esperanto: zigzaga (eo)
• Finnish: mutkitteleva (fi)
• Georgian: დაკლაკნილი (ka) (daklaknili), ზიგზაგისებრი (ka) (zigzagisebri), ზიგზაგური (ka) (zigzaguri), კლაკნილი (ka) (klaknili), იკანკლური (ka) (ikankluri)

• Scottish Gaelic: lùbach (gd)
• Spanish: en zigzag (es)

Verb

zigzag (third-person singular simple present zigzags, present participle zigzagging, simple past and past participle zigzagged)

1. to move in a zigzag manner

Translations

move in a zigzag manner

• Catalan: zigzaguejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曲折前進 (cmn), 曲折前进 (cmn) (qūzhé qiánjìn), 蜿蜒 (cmn) (wānyán), 彎彎曲曲 (cmn), 弯弯曲曲 (cmn) (wānwānqūqū)

• Esperanto: zigzagi (eo)
• Finnish: pujotella (fi), säntäillä (fi), mutkitella (fi)
• French: zigzaguer (fr)

• Japanese: ジグザグに進む (ja) (jiguzagu ni susumu)
• Portuguese: ziguezagear (pt)
• Russian: идти зигзагом (ru) (idtí zigzágom), делать зигзаги (ru) (délat' zigzági)
• Serbian: ševuljica
• Spanish: zigzaguear (es)
• ǃXóõ: ǂūbe

Adverb

zigzag (comparative more zigzag, superlative most zigzag)

1. in a zigzag manner or pattern

Translations

in a zigzag manner or pattern

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 之字形 (cmn) (zhīzìxíng)

• Esperanto: zigzage (eo)
• Finnish: mutkittelevasti (fi)
• Georgian: ზიგზაგურად (ka) (zigzagurad), დაკლაკნილად (ka) (daklaknilad), იკანკლურად (ka) (ikanklurad), კლაკნილად (ka) (klaknilad)

• German: zickzack (de)
• Japanese: ジグザグ (ja) (jiguzagu), 雁木 (ja) (がんぎ, gangi)
• Korean: 갈지자로(galjijaru), 지그재그로(jigeu-jaegeu-ro), 비틀배틀(biteul-baeteul), 실룩샐룩(silluk-saelluk), 휙획(hwik-hoek)
• Russian: зигзаг (ru) (zigzág) m
• Spanish: en zigzag (es)

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Spanish

Etymology

From French zigzag.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA: /θigˈθag/
• (Others) IPA: /sigˈsag/

Noun

zigzag m (plural zigzags)

1. zigzag

Derived terms

• zigzagueo m
• zigzaguear
• zigzagueante

References

"zigzag" in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición (Dictionary of the Spanish Language, Twenty-Second Edition), Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy), 2001.