In the project "Springboard to Languages," they teach Esperanto in schools in Great Britain as a propaedeutic to prepare for learning other languages.
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Springboard
Synonyms for "springboard" (22 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
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10 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πέτευρον noun (flexible diving board)
- πέτευρον noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
Arabic
1 entries- منطلق noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Bulgarian
2 entries- трамплин noun (flexible diving board)
- трамплин noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
Catalan
1 entries- trampolí noun (flexible diving board)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 跳板 noun (flexible diving board)
Czech
3 entries- odrazový můstek noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- odrazový můstek noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
- skokanské prkno noun (flexible diving board)
Danish
3 entries- springbræt noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- springbræt noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
- vippe noun (flexible diving board)
Dutch
1 entries- springplank noun (flexible diving board)
Finnish
3 entries- ponnahduslauta noun (flexible diving board)
- ponnahduslauta noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- ponnahduslauta noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
French
3 entries- tremplin noun (flexible diving board)
- tremplin noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- tremplin noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Galician
2 entries- trampolín noun (flexible diving board)
- trampolín noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
German
3 entries- Sprungbrett noun (flexible diving board)
- Sprungbrett noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- Sprungbrett noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Greek
1 entries- εφαλτήριο noun (flexible diving board)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַקְפֵּצָה noun (flexible diving board)
Hungarian
4 entries- dobbantó noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- trambulin noun (flexible diving board)
- ugródeszka noun (flexible diving board)
- ugródeszka noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Icelandic
3 entries- stökkpallur noun (flexible diving board)
- stökkpallur noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- stökkpallur noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Irish
1 entries- lingchlár noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
Italian
3 entries- trampolino noun (flexible diving board)
- trampolino noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
- trampolino di lancio noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Japanese
2 entries- スプリングボード noun (flexible diving board)
- 飛び板 noun (flexible diving board)
Korean
2 entries- 다이빙대 noun (flexible diving board)
- 스프링보드 noun (flexible diving board)
Latin
1 entries- petaurum noun (flexible diving board)
Māori
1 entries- kauhua noun (flexible diving board)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- springbrett noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- springbrett noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- springbrett noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- springbrett noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schwunkbrat noun (flexible diving board)
Polish
3 entries- trampolina noun (flexible diving board)
- trampolina noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- trampolina noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Portuguese
3 entries- trampolim noun (flexible diving board)
- trampolim noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- trampolim noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Romanian
2 entries- trambulină noun (flexible diving board)
- trambulină noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
Russian
4 entries- плацда́рм noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
- трампли́н noun (flexible diving board)
- трампли́н noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- трампли́н noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Spanish
4 entries- palanca noun (flexible diving board)
- palanca noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- trampolín noun (flexible diving board)
- trampolín noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
Swedish
4 entries- språngbräda noun (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
- språngbräda noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
- svikt noun (flexible diving board)
- trampolin noun (flexible diving board)
Ukrainian
1 entries- трамплі́н noun (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
Welsh
1 entries- bwrdd plymio noun (flexible diving board)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
That idea was a springboard for further discussions about sex.
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The Islamic Salvation Front wanted to use the 1992 legislative elections as a political springboard to remain in power for ever.
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The opportunity acted as a springboard for their success.
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