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footpath
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)
- Any set path or trail to be used by people walking.
- (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
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thoroughfare
English
Alternative forms
- thorofare
- throughfare
- thoroughfair (obsolete)
- thorowfair (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) +? fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?????f??/
Noun
thoroughfare (plural thoroughfares)
- (now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through.
- A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
- 2011, Stephen Phelan, The Guardian, 1 Jul 2011:
- Local art is now a viable industry, and hundreds of islanders make a living in it. The thoroughfare of Oneroa village is lined with shops and galleries full of their work.
- 2011, Stephen Phelan, The Guardian, 1 Jul 2011:
- (obsolete) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X:
- and made one realm, / Hell and this world, one realm, one continent / Of easy thorough-fare.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X:
- An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.
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