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