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corridor

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-də/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkɔɹɪdoː/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /-də/
  • General-American: kôrʹədôr'
  • General-American: /ˈkɔɹəˌdɔɹ/
  • General-American: kôrʹədər'
  • General-American: /ˈkɔɹədɚ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-York-City: /ˈkɑɹəˌdɔɹ/
  • New-York-City: /ˈkɑɹədɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 R AH0 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AO1 R IH0 D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, rare

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The land near an important road, river, railway line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Main Street corridor
  • Pike-Pine Corridor, Seattle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: passageway

Narrower terms: gallery, hallway, hall

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).

Across languages

Translations

202 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gang — narrow hall or passage
  • Akan: abrannaa — narrow hall or passage
  • Albanian: korridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Albanian: mesore — narrow hall or passage
  • Albanian: shtrak — narrow hall or passage
  • Arabic: رِوَاق (riwāq) — narrow hall or passage
  • Arabic: دِهْلِيز (dihlīz) — narrow hall or passage
  • Arabic: رَدْهَة (radha) — narrow hall or passage
  • Arabic: مَمَرّ (mamarr) — narrow hall or passage
  • Arabic: طرقى (ṭorqā) — narrow hall or passage
  • Arabic: طرقة (ṭurga) — narrow hall or passage
  • Arabic: سيب (sīb) — narrow hall or passage
  • Armenian: միջանցք (miǰancʻkʻ) — narrow hall or passage
  • Azerbaijani: dəhliz — narrow hall or passage
  • Azerbaijani: koridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Belarusian: калідо́р (kalidór) — narrow hall or passage
  • Bulgarian: коридо́р (koridór) — narrow hall or passage
  • Burmese: စင်္ကြံ (cangkram) — narrow hall or passage
  • Catalan: passadís — narrow hall or passage
  • Catalan: corredor — narrow hall or passage
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎵᏅᏛᎢ (galinvdvi) — narrow hall or passage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走廊 (zǒuláng) — narrow hall or passage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甬道 (yǒngdào) — narrow hall or passage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 過道 /过道 (guòdào) — narrow hall or passage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廊道 (lángdào) — narrow hall or passage
  • Cornish: kuldremenva — narrow hall or passage
  • Czech: chodba — narrow hall or passage
  • Danish: korridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Danish: gang — narrow hall or passage
  • Dutch: corridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Dutch: gang — narrow hall or passage
  • Dutch: hal — narrow hall or passage
  • Esperanto: koridoro — narrow hall or passage
  • Estonian: koridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Finnish: käytävä — narrow hall or passage
  • French: couloir — narrow hall or passage
  • French: corridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Galician: pasadoiro — narrow hall or passage
  • Galician: corredor — narrow hall or passage
  • Galician: ástrago — narrow hall or passage
  • Galician: andámeo — narrow hall or passage
  • Galician: tránsito — narrow hall or passage
  • Georgian: დერეფანი (derepani) — narrow hall or passage
  • Georgian: კორიდორი (ḳoridori) — narrow hall or passage
  • German: Korridor — narrow hall or passage
  • German: Gang — narrow hall or passage
  • German: Durchgang — narrow hall or passage
  • German: Flur — narrow hall or passage
  • German: Diele — narrow hall or passage
  • Greek: διάδρομος (diádromos) — narrow hall or passage
  • Ancient Greek: ἀνδρών (andrṓn) — narrow hall or passage
  • Gujarati: પડાળી (paḍāḷī) — narrow hall or passage
  • Haitian Creole: koridò — narrow hall or passage
  • Hebrew: מִסְדְּרוֹן (misd'rón) — narrow hall or passage
  • Hebrew: פְּרוֹזְדוֹר (prozdór) — narrow hall or passage
  • Hindi: गलियारा (galiyārā) — narrow hall or passage
  • Hungarian: folyosó — narrow hall or passage
  • Indonesian: koridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Ingrian: kalindora — narrow hall or passage
  • Irish: dorchla — narrow hall or passage
  • Irish: pasáiste — narrow hall or passage
  • Irish: halla — narrow hall or passage
  • Italian: corridoio — narrow hall or passage
  • Japanese: 廊下 (rōka) — narrow hall or passage
  • Japanese: 回廊 (kairō) — narrow hall or passage
  • Kazakh: дәліз (dälız) — narrow hall or passage
  • Kazakh: коридор (koridor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Khmer: របៀង (rɔɔrɔbiəng) — narrow hall or passage
  • Khmer: ច្រករបៀង (crɑɑk rɔɔrɔbiəng) — narrow hall or passage
  • Korean: 복도 (bokdo) — narrow hall or passage
  • Korean: 회랑 (hoerang) — narrow hall or passage
  • Korean: 낭하 (nangha) — narrow hall or passage
  • Korean: 랑하 (rangha) — narrow hall or passage
  • Northern Kurdish: dehlîz — narrow hall or passage
  • Northern Kurdish: dolan — narrow hall or passage
  • Kyrgyz: коридор (koridor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Kyrgyz: далис (dalis) — narrow hall or passage
  • Lao: ທາງຍ່າງ (thāng nyāng) — narrow hall or passage
  • Latin: andron — narrow hall or passage
  • Latvian: koridors — narrow hall or passage
  • Lithuanian: koridorius — narrow hall or passage
  • Macedonian: коридо́р (koridór) — narrow hall or passage
  • Macedonian: ходник (hodnik) — narrow hall or passage
  • Macedonian: кулоа́р (kuloár) — narrow hall or passage
  • Malagasy: lalantsara — narrow hall or passage
  • Malay: koridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Malayalam: ഇടനാഴി (iṭanāḻi) — narrow hall or passage
  • Maltese: kuritur — narrow hall or passage
  • Māori: kauhanga — narrow hall or passage
  • Māori: kauhanganui — narrow hall or passage
  • Māori: kauwhanga — narrow hall or passage
  • Māori: awarua — narrow hall or passage
  • Mongolian: коридор (koridor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Mongolian: хонгил (xongil) — narrow hall or passage
  • Mongolian: ᠻᠣᠷᠢᠳᠣᠷ (koridor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠩᠭᠢᠯ (qongɣil) — narrow hall or passage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gang — narrow hall or passage
  • Pashto: دهلېز (dahléz) — narrow hall or passage
  • Dari: دَهْلِیز (dahlīz) — narrow hall or passage
  • Iranian Persian: راهْرُوْ (râhrow) — narrow hall or passage
  • Iranian Persian: کُریدور (koridor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Iranian Persian: دِهْلیز (dehliz) — narrow hall or passage
  • Plautdietsch: Gank — narrow hall or passage
  • Polish: korytarz — narrow hall or passage
  • Portuguese: corredor — narrow hall or passage
  • Romanian: culoar — narrow hall or passage
  • Romanian: coridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Russian: коридо́р (koridór) — narrow hall or passage
  • Scottish Gaelic: trannsa — narrow hall or passage
  • Serbo-Croatian: хо̏днӣк — narrow hall or passage
  • Serbo-Croatian: корѝдо̄р — narrow hall or passage
  • Serbo-Croatian: куло̀а̄р — narrow hall or passage
  • Serbo-Croatian: hȍdnīk — narrow hall or passage
  • Serbo-Croatian: korìdōr — narrow hall or passage
  • Serbo-Croatian: kulòār — narrow hall or passage
  • Slovak: chodba — narrow hall or passage
  • Slovene: hodnik — narrow hall or passage
  • Lower Sorbian: wjaža — narrow hall or passage
  • Spanish: corredor — narrow hall or passage
  • Spanish: andador — narrow hall or passage
  • Swahili: ushoroba — narrow hall or passage
  • Swahili: korido — narrow hall or passage
  • Swedish: korridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Swedish: gång — narrow hall or passage
  • Swedish: hall — narrow hall or passage
  • Tagalog: koridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Tagalog: pasilyo — narrow hall or passage
  • Tajik: долон (dolon) — narrow hall or passage
  • Tajik: коридор (koridor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Tajik: даҳлез (dahlez) — narrow hall or passage
  • Tamil: தாழ்வாரம் (tāḻvāram) — narrow hall or passage
  • Telugu: కారిడార్ (kāriḍār) — narrow hall or passage
  • Thai: ฉนวน (chà-nǔuan) — narrow hall or passage
  • Turkish: koridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Turkish: dehliz — narrow hall or passage
  • Ottoman Turkish: دهلیز (dehliz) — narrow hall or passage
  • Ottoman Turkish: آرالق (aralık) — narrow hall or passage
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوریدور (koridor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Turkmen: koridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Ukrainian: коридо́р (korydór) — narrow hall or passage
  • Urdu: راہْداری (rāhdārī) — narrow hall or passage
  • Urdu: دَہْلِیز (dahlīz) — narrow hall or passage
  • Uyghur: كارىدور (karidor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Uzbek: yoʻlak — narrow hall or passage
  • Uzbek: koridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Vietnamese: hành lang — narrow hall or passage
  • Welsh: coridor — narrow hall or passage
  • Welsh: tramwyfa — narrow hall or passage
  • Xhosa: iranga — narrow hall or passage
  • Yakut: көрүдүөр (körüdüör) — narrow hall or passage
  • Yiddish: קאָרידאָר (koridor) — narrow hall or passage
  • Arabic: طَرِيق m ضِيق (ṭarīq) — tract of land
  • Catalan: corredor — tract of land
  • Czech: koridor — tract of land
  • Danish: korridor — tract of land
  • Dutch: corridor — tract of land
  • Finnish: käytävä — tract of land
  • French: corridor — tract of land
  • French: couloir — tract of land
  • German: Korridor — tract of land
  • German: Trasse — tract of land
  • Greek: διάδρομος (diádromos) — tract of land
  • Hindi: गलियारा (galiyārā) — tract of land
  • Indonesian: koridor — tract of land
  • Japanese: 回廊地帯 (kairō chitai) — tract of land
  • Māori: awarua — tract of land
  • Iranian Persian: کُریدور (koridor) — tract of land
  • Polish: korytarz — tract of land
  • Portuguese: corredor — tract of land
  • Romanian: coridor — tract of land
  • Russian: коридо́р (koridór) — tract of land
  • Serbo-Croatian: корѝдо̄р — tract of land
  • Serbo-Croatian: korìdōr — tract of land
  • Spanish: andador — tract of land
  • Swedish: korridor — tract of land
  • Urdu: راہداری (rāhdārī) — tract of land
  • Arabic: مَمَرّ جَوِّيّ (mamarr) — airspace
  • Arabic: مُـخـتَرَق جَوِّيّ (muḵtaraq) — airspace
  • Bulgarian: коридо́р (koridór) — airspace
  • Catalan: passadís — airspace
  • Czech: koridor — airspace
  • Dutch: luchtweg — airspace
  • Dutch: corridor — airspace
  • Finnish: ilmakäytävä — airspace
  • French: couloir aérien — airspace
  • German: Korridor — airspace
  • Greek: αεροδιάδρομος (aerodiádromos) — airspace
  • Italian: corridoio aereo — airspace
  • Japanese: 空中回廊 (kūchū kairō) — airspace
  • Iranian Persian: کُریدور (koridor) — airspace
  • Polish: korytarz powietrzny — airspace
  • Portuguese: corredor aéreo — airspace
  • Romanian: coridor aerian — airspace
  • Russian: коридо́р (koridór) — airspace
  • Serbo-Croatian: корѝдо̄р — airspace
  • Serbo-Croatian: korìdōr — airspace
  • Spanish: pasillo — airspace
  • Spanish: corredor — airspace
  • Spanish: andador — airspace
  • Swedish: flygkorridor — airspace
  • Swedish: korridor — airspace
Real reading context

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