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Stepping stone
//ˈstɛp.ɪŋ stəʊn//
Translations of "stepping stone" (15 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | основопола́гащ ка́мък(stone used to cross something) | osnovopolágašt kámǎk | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 墊腳石 /垫脚石(stone used to cross something) | diànjiǎoshí | |
| Danish | trædesten(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| Esperanto | travadoŝtono(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| Finnish | askelkivi(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| French | see pas japonais and gué(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| German | Trittstein(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| Icelandic | stiklur(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| Indonesian | batu loncatan(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| Italian | acciottolato(stone used to cross something), sasseto(stone used to cross something), selciaia(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| Japanese | 飛び石(stone used to cross something) | tobiishi | |
| Polish | kamień do przechodzenia(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| Portuguese | alpondra(stone used to cross something), poldra(stone used to cross something), pondra(stone used to cross something) | — | |
| Russian | ка́мень, поло́женный для перехо́да(stone used to cross something), ка́мень-присту́пка(stone used to cross something) | kámenʹ, polóžennyj dlja perexóda, kámenʹ-pristúpka | |
| Scottish Gaelic | clacharan(stone used to cross something) | — |
trædesten
travadoŝtono
askelkivi
see pas japonais and gué
Trittstein
stiklur
batu loncatan
acciottolato, sasseto, selciaia
kamień do przechodzenia
alpondra, poldra, pondra
ка́мень, поло́женный для перехо́да, ка́мень-присту́пка
kámenʹ, polóžennyj dlja perexóda, kámenʹ-pristúpka
clacharan
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