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carriageway

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The part of a road that carries traffic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hong-Kong, Ireland, UK

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roadway

History

Etymology

From carriage + way.

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَسْلَك (maslak) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Armenian: երթեւեկելի մաս (ertʻewekeli mas) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Belarusian: прае́зная ча́стка (prajéznaja částka) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Belarusian: прае́зжая ча́стка (prajézžaja částka) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Bulgarian: платно́ (platnó) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 行車道 /行车道 (xíngchēdào) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 車道 /车道 (chēdào) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Czech: vozovka — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Danish: kørebane — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Dutch: rijbaan — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Dutch: rijweg — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Estonian: sõidutee — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Faroese: koyribreyt — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Faroese: akbreyt — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Faroese: koyribani — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Finnish: ajorata — part of a road that carries traffic
  • French: chaussée — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Galician: calzada — part of a road that carries traffic
  • German: Fahrbahn — part of a road that carries traffic
  • German: Fahrstreifen — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Hindi: वाहनमार्ग (vāhanmārg) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Hungarian: úttest — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Irish: carrbhealach — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Italian: carreggiata — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Japanese: 自動車道 (jidōshadō) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Japanese: 車道 (shadō) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Korean: 차도 (chado) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Korean: 자동차 도로 (jadongcha doro) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Macedonian: ко́ловоз (kólovoz) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjørebane — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Persian: باند عبور (bând-e 'obur) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Persian: سوارهرو (savâre-row) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Polish: jezdnia — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Portuguese: pista — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Romanian: șosea — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Russian: прое́зжая часть (projézžaja častʹ) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̑лнӣк — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȏlnīk — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Slovak: vozovka — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Spanish: calzada — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Swedish: körbana — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Ukrainian: проїзна́ части́на (projizná častýna) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Ukrainian: прої́жджа части́на (projíždža častýna) — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Vietnamese: lòng đường — part of a road that carries traffic
  • Finnish: kaista — one side of a dual carriageway
  • Indonesian: jalur — one side of a dual carriageway
  • Polish: jezdnia — one side of a dual carriageway
  • Turkish: şerit — one side of a dual carriageway
  • Vietnamese: đường lộ — one side of a dual carriageway
  • Vietnamese: tuyến xe — one side of a dual carriageway
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