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cableway

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A system of suspended cables from which cable cars are hung.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From cable + way.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ճոպանուղի (čopanuġi) — system of cables
  • Azerbaijani: kanat yolu — system of cables
  • Chinese Mandarin: 索道 (suǒdào) — system of cables
  • Finnish: köysirata — system of cables
  • French: téléphérique — system of cables
  • German: Seilbahn — system of cables
  • Hungarian: drótkötélvasút — system of cables
  • Japanese: ケーブルカー (kēburukā) — system of cables
  • Japanese: 索道 (sakudō) — system of cables
  • Japanese: ケーブルウェイ (kēburuwei) — system of cables
  • Japanese: ロープウェイ (rōpuwei) — system of cables
  • Korean: 케이블카 (keibeulka) — system of cables
  • Macedonian: жи́чница (žíčnica) — system of cables
  • Polish: kolej linowa — system of cables
  • Polish: kolejka linowa — system of cables
  • Portuguese: teleférico — system of cables
  • Quechua: uruya — system of cables
  • Romanian: teleferic — system of cables
  • Romanian: funicular — system of cables
  • Russian: кана́тная доро́га (kanátnaja doróga) — system of cables
  • Russian: фуникулёр (funikuljór) — system of cables
  • Spanish: teleférico — system of cables
  • Swedish: linbana — system of cables
  • Turkish: teleferik — system of cables
  • Yakut: ханаат суол (qanaat suol) — system of cables