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passageway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpæ.sɪdʒˌweɪ/

Etymology

From passage + way.

Meanings

1. A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
   • The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway. David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other. 1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:
2. Any way for passing in, out or through something.
   • The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car. 1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660:

Forms

Translations (45)

de überdachter Verbindungsgang (covered walkway) · ota دهلیز (covered walkway) · fi reitti (any way for passing in, out or through something) · nl gang (covered walkway) · gl pasaxe (covered walkway) · grc πόρος (any way for passing in, out or through something) · no passasje (covered walkway) · es pasillo (any way for passing in, out or through something) · el πέρασμα (any way for passing in, out or through something) · cmn 通道 (covered walkway) · de Durchgang (any way for passing in, out or through something) · pt passagem (covered walkway) · fi käytävä (any way for passing in, out or through something) · mk проаѓалиште (any way for passing in, out or through something) · bg проход (any way for passing in, out or through something) · de Durchgang (covered walkway) · de Gang (any way for passing in, out or through something) · ja 通路 (covered walkway) · it corsia (covered walkway) · de Flur (covered walkway) · pl przejście (any way for passing in, out or through something) · fr passage (covered walkway) · de Gang (covered walkway) · ru перехо́д (covered walkway) · ota آرالق (covered walkway) · es pasadizo (any way for passing in, out or through something) · ru коридо́р (covered walkway) · he מַעֲבָר (any way for passing in, out or through something) · ru перехо́д (any way for passing in, out or through something) · ru прохо́д (covered walkway) · fi käytävä (covered walkway) · no passasje (any way for passing in, out or through something) · ru пасса́ж (covered walkway) · pt passagem (any way for passing in, out or through something) · bg галерия (covered walkway) · pl przejście (covered walkway) · nl doorgang (any way for passing in, out or through something) · el διάδρομος (covered walkway) · eo pasejo (any way for passing in, out or through something) · de Korridor (covered walkway) · hi गलियारा (covered walkway) · ru прохо́д (any way for passing in, out or through something) · grc διάδρομος (covered walkway) · ota قوریدور (covered walkway) · pt corredor (covered walkway)