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corridor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (long passage) (= corridoio), from correre (to run).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?k????d??(?)/, /?k????d?(?)/
  • (General American) enPR: kôr??dôr', IPA(key): /?k????d??/

Noun

corridor (plural corridors)

  1. A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
  2. A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
  3. (military, historical, rare) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
  4. Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

Derived terms

  • the corridors of power
  • non-corridor, noncorridor
  • Northeast Corridor
  • Polish Corridor

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian corridore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k?.?i.d??/

Noun

corridor m (plural corridors)

  1. passage, corridor

Further reading

  • “corridor” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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driveway

English

Etymology

drive +? way

Noun

driveway (plural driveways)

  1. (Britain, US) Short private road that leads to a house or garage.
    Synonym: (UK) drive

Derived terms

  • driveway moment

Translations

See also

  • drive (British)
  • drive away

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