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Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to WikipediaEnglish · 2 years ago

Contronym ("to dust" can mean "to remove dust" or "to add dust")

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Contronym ("to dust" can mean "to remove dust" or "to add dust")

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Silverchase@sh.itjust.works to WikipediaEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    In German, we have “umfahren” (to drive around) and “umfahren” (to run somebody over).

  • Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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    I’ve got a pretty tunny one in Spanish: jamás. Its definitions are:

    1. never
    2. (No longer used) always
    3. (No longer used) sometimes
    • teft
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      Huesped is like that, too.

      It means both host and guest.

  • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    They get away with it because in any case there’s normally only one obvious dust-related thing to do.

    • Silverchase@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      But what if I want to dust a bookshelf so it looks older and unkempt?

  • Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    How do you make a redirection in another language? In French, le page should be https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Énantiosémie.

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