different between footpath vs corridor

English

Etymology

From foot +? path. Compare Saterland Frisian Foutpaad (“footpath”), West Frisian fuotpaad (“footpath”), Dutch voetpad (“footpath”), German Low German Footpadd (“footpath”), German Fußpfad (“footpath”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?t?p???/
• (US, Northern England) IPA^(key): /?f?t?pæ?/

Noun

footpath (plural footpaths)

1. Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
2. (Australia, New Zealand) A paved footpath located at the side of a road for the use of pedestrians; a pavement or sidewalk.

Synonyms

• (path for pedestrians): footpad, footway, walkway, platform, pavement, sidewalk

Translations

Further reading

• footpath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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).