catty-cornered

• Adjektiv, das im amerikanischen Englisch verwendet wird, um etwas zu beschreiben, das diagonal gegenüber einem anderen Objekt liegt, oft an einer Straßenkreuzung.

An adjective used in American English to describe something that is situated diagonally across from something else, often at an intersection.

1. Diagonal positionB2informalamerican

   Situated diagonally across from something, especially at an intersection or in a square.

   Über Eck

   • The coffee shop is catty-cornered from the library.
   • They live in the house catty-cornered to ours.
   • The park is catty-cornered across the street from the school.

   Synonymecater-corneredcatercornerdiagonalkitty-cornerkitty-cornered