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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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No etymology was provided for this word.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: doodloopstraat — street or path that goes nowhere
• Arabic: طَرِيق مَسْدُود (ṭarīq masdūd) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Arabic: طَرِيق غَيْر نَافِذ (ṭarīq ḡayr nāfiḏ) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Armenian: փակուղի (pʻakuġi) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Azerbaijani: dalan — street or path that goes nowhere
• Bulgarian: задънена улица (zadǎnena ulica) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Catalan: cul-de-sac m atzucac — street or path that goes nowhere
• Catalan: carreró sense sortida — street or path that goes nowhere
• Catalan: carreró sense eixida — street or path that goes nowhere
• Chinese Cantonese: 掘頭巷 /掘头巷 — street or path that goes nowhere
• Chinese Mandarin: 死衚衕 /死胡同 (sǐhútòng) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Chinese Mandarin: 死路 (sǐlù) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Chinese Mandarin: 死巷 (sǐxiàng) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Chinese Mandarin: 末路 (mòlù) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Czech: slepá ulička — street or path that goes nowhere
• Danish: blind vej — street or path that goes nowhere
• Danish: blindgyde — street or path that goes nowhere
• Danish: blindgade — street or path that goes nowhere
• Dutch: beluik — street or path that goes nowhere
• Dutch: doodlopende weg — street or path that goes nowhere
• Estonian: umbtee — street or path that goes nowhere
• Estonian: umbtänav — street or path that goes nowhere
• Estonian: tupik — street or path that goes nowhere
• Finnish: umpikuja — street or path that goes nowhere
• Finnish: pussikatu — street or path that goes nowhere
• French: cul-de-sac — street or path that goes nowhere
• French: impasse — street or path that goes nowhere
• French: voie sans issue — street or path that goes nowhere
• Galician: rúa cega — street or path that goes nowhere
• Georgian: ჩიხი (čixi) — street or path that goes nowhere
• German: Sackgasse — street or path that goes nowhere
• German: Stichstraße — street or path that goes nowhere
• Greek: αδιέξοδο (adiéxodo) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Greek: αδιέξοδος (adiéxodos) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Ancient Greek: ἀδιέξοδος (adiéxodos) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Hebrew: מָבוֹי סָתוּם (mavóy satúm) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Hungarian: zsákutca — street or path that goes nowhere
• Icelandic: botnlangi — street or path that goes nowhere
• Icelandic: blindgata — street or path that goes nowhere
• Icelandic: botngata — street or path that goes nowhere
• Indonesian: jalan buntu — street or path that goes nowhere
• Italian: cul di sacco — street or path that goes nowhere
• Italian: ronco — street or path that goes nowhere
• Italian: strada senza uscita — street or path that goes nowhere
• Italian: vicolo cieco — street or path that goes nowhere
• Italian: cul de sac — street or path that goes nowhere
• Japanese: 袋小路 (fukurokōji) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Japanese: 行き止まり (ikidomari) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Japanese: 行き詰まり (ikizumari) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Kapampangan: ikadulu — street or path that goes nowhere
• Kapampangan: ikatatawli — street or path that goes nowhere
• Kazakh: тұйық (tūiyq) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Latin: fundula — street or path that goes nowhere
• Latvian: strupceļš — street or path that goes nowhere
• Macedonian: сле́па у́лица (slépa úlica) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Macedonian: ќо́р-сокак (ḱór-sokak) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Malay: jalan mati — street or path that goes nowhere
• Norman: tchu-d'sa — street or path that goes nowhere
• Norwegian Bokmål: blindvei — street or path that goes nowhere
• Norwegian Bokmål: blindveg — street or path that goes nowhere
• Norwegian Bokmål: blindgate — street or path that goes nowhere
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blindveg — street or path that goes nowhere
• Norwegian Nynorsk: blindgate — street or path that goes nowhere
• Polish: ślepa uliczka — street or path that goes nowhere
• Polish: ślepy zaułek — street or path that goes nowhere
• Portuguese: beco sem saída — street or path that goes nowhere
• Portuguese: rua sem saída — street or path that goes nowhere
• Portuguese: cul-de-sac — street or path that goes nowhere
• Romanian: fundătură — street or path that goes nowhere
• Romanian: fundac — street or path that goes nowhere
• Romanian: drum înfundat — street or path that goes nowhere
• Russian: тупи́к (tupík) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Serbo-Croatian: слепа улица — street or path that goes nowhere
• Serbo-Croatian: слијепа улица — street or path that goes nowhere
• Serbo-Croatian: slepa ulica — street or path that goes nowhere
• Serbo-Croatian: slijepa ulica — street or path that goes nowhere
• Sicilian: curtigghiu — street or path that goes nowhere
• Spanish: calle sin salida — street or path that goes nowhere
• Spanish: callejón sin salida — street or path that goes nowhere
• Spanish: punto muerto — street or path that goes nowhere
• Spanish: calle ciega — street or path that goes nowhere
• Spanish: callejón — street or path that goes nowhere
• Swedish: återvändsgränd — street or path that goes nowhere
• Tagalog: daang sukol — street or path that goes nowhere
• Thai: ทางตัน (taang-dtan) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Turkish: çıkmaz sokak — street or path that goes nowhere
• Ukrainian: глухий кут (hluxyj kut) — street or path that goes nowhere
• Vietnamese: ngõ cụt — street or path that goes nowhere
• Vietnamese: đường cụt — street or path that goes nowhere
• Volapük: sakalusüt — street or path that goes nowhere
• Arabic: طَرِيق مَسْدُود (ṭarīq masdūd) — position that offers no hope of progress
• Bulgarian: задънена улица (zadǎnena ulica) — position that offers no hope of progress
• Czech: slepá ulička — position that offers no hope of progress
• Danish: blindgyde — position that offers no hope of progress
• Danish: blindspor — position that offers no hope of progress
• Finnish: umpikuja — position that offers no hope of progress
• French: voie de garage — position that offers no hope of progress
• French: impasse — position that offers no hope of progress
• French: voie sans issue — position that offers no hope of progress
• German: Ende Gelände — position that offers no hope of progress
• Indonesian: jalan buntu — position that offers no hope of progress
• Italian: vicolo cieco — position that offers no hope of progress
• Italian: punto morto — position that offers no hope of progress
• Italian: stasi — position that offers no hope of progress
• Italian: stanca — position that offers no hope of progress
• Japanese: 行き詰まり (ikizumari) — position that offers no hope of progress
• Polish: ślepa uliczka — position that offers no hope of progress
• Portuguese: impasse — position that offers no hope of progress
• Romanian: impas — position that offers no hope of progress
• Spanish: punto muerto — position that offers no hope of progress
• Spanish: callejón sin salida — position that offers no hope of progress
• Thai: ทางตัน (taang-dtan) — position that offers no hope of progress
• Vietnamese: ngõ cụt — position that offers no hope of progress