Dictionary

walkway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɑkˌweɪ/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈwɔːkˌweɪ/ (UK)
• /ˈwɔkˌweɪ/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English walk Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *wegaz Proto-West Germanic *weg Old English weġ Middle English wey English way English walkway From walk + way.

Meanings

1. A clearly defined path for pedestrians.
   • The slope [at Bank station, Waterloo & City] was always resented, especially on Monday morning, and it was supplemented by the installation of the Underground's first Trav-o-lator - or moving walkway - in 1960. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 110–111:
   • The funding will allow state and city officials to devise a community-driven plan to cap parts of the 6.5-mile expressway with structures that could reduce traffic noise and contain green space, pedestrian walkways and air filtration systems. 2021 November 30, Aliya Uteuova, “The plan to transform one of New York City’s dirtiest freeways into green space”, in The Guardian:
   • SDCC is crowded enough without a few hundred more chuds in rascal scooters cutting in line and taking up space on the public walkways because they heard the cast of The Big Bang Theory was going to be here or something. 2014 July 28, Jeremy Azevedo, “Actually, Comic-Con Is Fucking Awesome”, in Vice:
   • Walkways and handrails were also upgraded during the work, to improve safety for maintenance staff. 2020 July 15, “Network News: £2 million repairs complete at Eskmeals viaduct”, in Rail, page 22:
   • For now, the walkway will remain bare, although there are plans for it to be used to exhibit art and relics. 2024 December 20, Angela Giuffrida, “Corridor of power: the Medicis’ cross-river Florence walkway opens to public”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Deriveds

walkwayed · front walkway · moving walkway

Translations (34)

ka ქვეითად სასიარულო გზა (clearly defined path) · ja 歩道 (clearly defined path) · ka საფეხმავლო ბილიკი (clearly defined path) · el διάδρομος (clearly defined path) · ka საქვეითო ბილიკი (clearly defined path) · sh nogostup (clearly defined path) · hu átjáró (clearly defined path) · hu folyosó (clearly defined path) · ga siúlbhealach (clearly defined path) · bg пешеходна пътека (clearly defined path) · hu gang (clearly defined path) · eo piedvojo (clearly defined path) · es pasarela (clearly defined path) · gl paso (clearly defined path) · el δίοδος (clearly defined path) · eo irvojo (clearly defined path) · ka საქვეითო გზა (clearly defined path) · ka ფეხით სასიარულო ბილიკი (clearly defined path) · hu gyalogút (clearly defined path) · fi jalkakäytävä (clearly defined path) · nl voetpad (clearly defined path) · gl paseo (clearly defined path) · fi kävelytie (clearly defined path) · cmn 走道 (clearly defined path) · ga siúlán (clearly defined path) · de Fußweg (clearly defined path) · pl pasaż (clearly defined path) · pl chodnik (clearly defined path) · ka სავალი ზოლი (clearly defined path) · cmn 步道 (clearly defined path) · ml നടപ്പാത (clearly defined path) · chr ᎡᏓᏍᏗ (clearly defined path) · it passerella (clearly defined path) · hu függőfolyosó (clearly defined path)