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Saint Andrew's cross
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English
Saint Andrew's Cross (BDSM)
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Saint Andrew's cross.wav US
Noun
A diagonal cross, the figure of a cross that has a form of two intersecting oblique bars.
The national flag of Scotland.
The sign or signal used at gateless level crossings, consisting of one or more red and white painted crosses sometimes with flashing lights.
en 1935 League of Nations Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit: Permanent committee on road traffic. Report on the session of the committee ... The International Railway Union has adopted for the purpose a special signal in the form of a single or double Saint Andrew's Cross, according as the line is single or double.
The plant Hypericum hypericoides species.
en BDSM An upright X-shaped frame to which a participant can be tied.
Synonyms
diagonal cross en saltire
diagonal cross en crux decussata
Translations
cross that has a form of two intersecting oblique bars
Basque: eu San Andresen gurutzea
Bulgarian: bg Андреевския кръст f
Catalan: ca creu de Sant Andreu f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 聖安得烈十字 shèng Āndéliè shízì
Czech: cs andrijin križ m
Danish: da andreaskors n
Dutch: nl andreaskruis n
Esperanto: eo andrea kruco
Estonian: et Andrease rist
Finnish: fi Pyhän Andreaan risti, fi vinoristi
French: fr croix de saint André f, fr sautoir m
Galician: gl cruz de Santo André f
German: de Andreaskreuz n
Greek: el χίασμα n
Hungarian: hu andráskereszt
Italian: it croce di Sant'Andrea f
Japanese: ja 聖アンデレ十字 hijiri Andere jūji
Korean: ko 성 안드레아 십자
Latvian: lv Svētā Andreja krusts m
Lithuanian: lt Andriaus kryžius m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb andreaskors n
Nynorsk: nn andreaskors n, nn andreaskross m
Polish: pl krzyż świętego Andrzeja m
Portuguese: pt cruz de Santo André f
Romanian: ro Crucea Sfântului Andrei f
Russian: ru Андре́евский крест m
Scottish Gaelic: gd bratach na croise f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Андријин крст m, sh Андријин криж m
Latin: sh Andrijin krst m, sh Andrijin križ m
Slovak: sk ondrejský kríž m
Slovene: sl ndrejský križ m Andrejev križ
Spanish: es cruz de San Andrés f, es sotuer m, es sautor m, es aspa f, es cruz aspada f
Swedish: sv andreaskors
Ukrainian: uk Андрі́ївський хре́ст m
en Crosses Malpighiales order plants
en eponyms