different between route vs via

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Ireland)
  • IPA^(key): /?u?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t
• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /?u?t/, /?a?t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t, -a?t
• (General Australian)
  • IPA^(key): /???t/
  • Rhymes: -u?t
• (Canada)
  • IPA^(key): /?ut/
  • Rhymes: -ut
• Homophones: root, rute (/?u?t/); rout (/?a?t/)

Etymology 1

From Middle English route, borrowed from Old French route, rote (“road, way, path”) (compare modern French route), from Latin (via) rupta (“(road) opened by force”), from rumpere viam "to open up a path". As a Chinese administrative division, a semantic loan from Chinese ? (lù).

Noun

route (plural routes)

1. A course or way which is traveled or passed.
2. A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.

3. A road or path; often specifically a highway.

4. (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
   • 2010, Damien McLoughlin and David A. Aaker, Strategic Market Management: Global Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, ?ISBN, pages 156-7:

     If such an option is to viable over time, it needs to be protected against competitors. Having patent protection is one route. […] Another route is to have a programmatic investment strategy […] . Rolex has taken this route […]

5. (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
6. (computing) A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.

Synonyms

• (Chinese administrative division): lu, circuit, province

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

route (third-person singular simple present routes, present participle routing or (UK) routeing, simple past and past participle routed)

1. (transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.

   All incoming mail was routed through a single office.

2. (Internet) to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
3. (computing, transitive) To send (information) through a router.

Derived terms

• reroute
• router

Translations

See also

• (Internet) bridge
• (Internet) LAN
• (Internet) WAN

Etymology 2

Verb

route

1. Eye dialect spelling of root.

Further reading

• route in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• route in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Toure, outer, outre, outré, rouet, utero-

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.t?/
• Hyphenation: rou?te
• Rhymes: -ut?

Noun

route f (plural routes or routen, diminutive routetje n)

1. route, course, way (particular pathway or direction one travels)
2. road, route

Derived terms

• fietsroute
• marsroute
• routebeschrijving
• route-informatie
• routekaart
• routeplanner
• routenavigatie
• vaarroute
• wandelroute

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: rute

French

Etymology

From Middle French route, from Old French route, rote, from Latin rupta via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ut/
• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

route f (plural routes)

1. road (sometimes route like "Route 66")
2. route, way, path

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• outre, outré, troue, troué

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French, Old French route, rote, Anglo-French rute "troop, band"

Noun

route (plural routes)

1. route
2. a group of people
   1. band, company
      • '14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Prologue, 1-3

        Whan that the Knight hadde thus his tale ytold

        In all the route nas ther yong ne old

        That he ne saide it was a noble storye

   2. crowd, populace
   3. throng; gang, with connotation of illicit activity
3. the proper condition of something

Etymology 2

From Old English hrutan, "to make a noise; snore" Compare Old Norse or Middle Dutch ruten, ruyten, Old Swedish ruta. For senses 4 and 5 compare Old Icelandic hrjota "to burst, spring forth."

Verb

route

1. first-person singular present indicative of routen

Etymology 3

Converted from the noun route. Compare Old French aroter.

Verb

route

1. first-person singular present indicative of routen

Norman

Etymology

From Old French route, from Latin rupta (via).

Noun

route f (plural routes)

1. (Jersey) road
2. (Jersey, nautical, of a watercraft) course

Old French

Alternative forms

• rote
• route

Etymology

From Latin rupta (via).

Noun

route f (oblique plural routes, nominative singular route, nominative plural routes)

1. route (course or way which is traveled or passed)

Synonyms

• chemin
• curs
• voie

Descendants

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va??/, /?vi.?/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??-. Doublet of way.The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.

Noun

via (plural vias or viae)

1. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
2. (electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vi? (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *we??-.

Alternative forms

• viâ

Preposition

via

1. By way of; passing through.

2. By (means of); using.

Translations

Interjection

via

1. (obsolete) Away! Be off!

Anagrams

• A-IV, AIV, Avi, IVA, Iva, Vai, avi, avi-, vai

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• fiar

Numeral

via

1. four

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?vi.?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bi.?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?vi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

via f (plural vies)

1. lane
2. way, path
3. railway track
4. channel

Synonyms

• (railway track): via fèrria

Derived terms

• autovia
• ferrovia
• Via Làctia

Related terms

• vianant
• viari

Preposition

via

1. via, by way of

Further reading

• “via” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “via” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “via” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “via” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vi?, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehere (“to conduct”). Entered Dutch in the Latin phrase per via de (“by way of”), after the Portuguese por via de.

Pronunciation

Preposition

via

1. via, through, by way of

   Synonym: langs

2. by (means of); using (a medium).

   Synonym: per

Derived terms

• via via (“using various intermediaries”)

Esperanto

Etymology

From vi +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?via/
• Hyphenation: vi?a
• Rhymes: -ia
• Audio:

Determiner

via (accusative singular vian, plural viaj, accusative plural viajn)

1. (possessive) your, yours

See also

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *via, from Proto-Oceanic *pi?aq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bi?aq (compare Malay birah), from Proto-Austronesian *bi?aq.

Noun

via

1. alocasia

Finnish

Adverb

via

1. via

Anagrams

• AVI, avi, iva, vai

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin v?ta.

Noun

via f (plural vies)

1. life

Related terms

• vivre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vi?, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with veh? (“convey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vja/

Preposition

via

1. via, through, by way of.

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: vìa

Noun

via f (plural vie)

1. road, street, path

   Synonym: strada

2. way, route
3. means (to an end)
4. tract (in the body)
5. start (of a race)

Derived terms

Related terms

• viario

Adverb

via

1. away
2. out

Preposition

via da

1. away from

Anagrams

• avi, IVA, vai

References

• via¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• via² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Kamkata-viri

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *wyad- (whence Waigali ve), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwyad?- (“to hit, pierce, strike”) (whence Sanskrit ????? (?vyadh, “to hit, pierce, strike”), Avestan ????????????? (v??, “wounding”)).

Verb

via (Kamviri)

1. to hit, strike

Latin

Etymology

• From Proto-Italic *wij?, from Proto-Indo-European *wih?eh?-, from *weyh?- (“to pursue, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian vyti (“to pursuit”). See also v?s, inv?tus, inv?t?, Ancient Greek ????? (oîmos).
• Or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *we??yeh?-, from *we??- (whence veh? and English way), hypothesis rejected by De Vaan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i.a/, [?u?iä]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /??i?.a/, [???a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.a/, [?vi??]

Noun

via f (genitive viae); first declension

1. road, street, path
2. highway

   Antonym: s?mita

3. way, method, manner, mode
4. the right way
5. (figuratively) journey, course, route

   Synonym: iter

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (road): iter

Hyponyms

• via ?gr?ri? (“lane”)

Derived terms

Related terms

• bivium
• trivi?lis

Descendants

References

• via in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• via in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• via in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• via in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
• via in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin via

Preposition

via

1. via

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• viet
• (simple past): vigde, vidde
• (past participle): vigd, vidd

Verb

via

1. inflection of vie:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

References

• “via” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?.?/ (example of pronunciation)

Preposition

via

1. via

Etymology 2

From earlier form vigja, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *w?hijan?.

Alternative forms

• vie (e-infinitive)
• vigja (non-standard since 1938)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²?i?.?/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

via (present tense vier, past tense vigde, supine vigd or vigt, past participle vigd, present participle viande, imperative vi)

1. (transitive) to dedicate, commit
2. (transitive) to consecrate, to hallow
3. (transitive) to wed

Derived terms

• ektevia
• innvia
• prestevia

Related terms

• ve
• vigsel, vigsle

References

• “via” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• avi, vai

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?vi.?/
• Hyphenation: vi?a

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese via, from Latin via (“road”), which see for details.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. a way; a path

   Synonym: caminho

2. (rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)

   Synonym: bitola

3. medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)

   Synonyms: meio, veículo

4. an example of a document

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin vi? (“by way of”).

Preposition

via

1. via (by way of; passing through)
2. via (by means of; using a medium)

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. (historical) via (road built by the ancient Romans)

Etymology 3

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

Verb

via

1. First-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of ver
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) imperfect indicative of ver

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French and Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi.a/

Preposition

via (+accusative)

1. via, by

Etymology 2

From an older form vie, from Latin v?vere, present active infinitive of v?v?, from Proto-Italic *g??w?, from Proto-Indo-European *g?íh?weti (“to live, be alive”).

Alternative forms

• vie (regional, archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?a/

Verb

a via (third-person singular present viaz?, past participle viat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) to have life; to live, exist
2. (of intangibles, such as emotions and beliefs) to endure

Conjugation

Synonyms

• d?inui
• dura
• exista
• fi
• tr?i
• vie?ui

Derived terms

• viere

Related terms

• învia

Etymology 3

Form of the adjective viu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi.a/

Adjective

via

1. definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of viu (“live, alive”)

Etymology 4

Form of the noun vie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi.a/

Noun

via

1. definite singular nominative/accusative of vie (“the vineyard”)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) veia

Etymology

From Latin via.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) road, street; way

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan: road, street) strada

Swedish

Preposition

via

1. via, over, by, through

Anagrams

• IVA, avi