Dictionary

viaduct en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• (General-American) audio
• /ˈvaɪəˌdʌk(t)/ (General-American)
• /ˈvaɪədʌkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Coined in 1816, from Latin via (“highway; road”) + English -duct, on the basis of aqueduct.

Meanings

1. A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.
   • The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.] 1944 January and February, C. F. Cobon, “The County of London Plan”, in Railway Magazine, page 24:
   • […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

ecoduct · half viaduct · viaducted

Relateds

aqueduct

Translations (41)

pdt Wotabrigj (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · it cavalcavia (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · fr viaduc (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · cs viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · cmn 高架橋 /高架桥 (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · pl wiadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · hu völgyhíd (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · is dalbrú (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · tl biyadukto (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · ru виаду́к (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · ja 陸橋 (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · sk viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · vo viaduk (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · ja 高架橋 (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · vi cầu cạn (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · hu viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · eo viadukto (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · sv viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · eu zubibide (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · es viaducto (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · mk вијаду́кт (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · it viadotto (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · fa ویادوک (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · nl viaduct (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · ca viaducte (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · et viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · tr viyadük (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · de Viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · ko 고가교 (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · ja ガード (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · fi maasilta (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · da viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · cy traphont (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · hy ուղանցույց (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · bg виаду́кт (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · ka ვიადუკი (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · uk віаду́к (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · nb viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · pt viaduto (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · be віяду́к (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.) · nn viadukt (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.)