lane

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As an English surname, from lane; as an Irish surname, from several origins, including Laighin. See Lane.

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), German Low German Lane, Laan (“lane”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

189 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shteg — passageway
• Arabic: زُقَاق (zuqāq) — passageway
• Arabic: ممر (mamarr) — passageway
• Arabic: زقاق (zuʔaaʔ) — passageway
• Arabic: ممر (mamarr) — passageway
• Belarusian: заву́лак (zavúlak) — passageway
• Belarusian: але́я (aljéja) — passageway
• Bulgarian: але́я (aléja) — passageway
• Bulgarian: у́личка (úlička) — passageway
• Catalan: carril — passageway
• Chichewa: mpito — passageway
• Chinese Mandarin: 胡同 (hútòng) — passageway
• Chinese Mandarin: 巷 (xiàng) — passageway
• Chinese Mandarin: 里弄 (lǐnòng) — passageway
• Coptic: ⲣⲁⲃⲏ (rawa) — passageway
• Czech: ulička — passageway
• Dutch: gang — passageway
• Dutch: wegeltje — passageway
• Dutch: laan — passageway
• Esperanto: aleo — passageway
• Finnish: käytävä — passageway
• Finnish: kulkuväylä — passageway
• French: chemin — passageway
• French: ruelle — passageway
• French: allée — passageway
• Galician: corredoira — passageway
• Galician: carreiro — passageway
• Galician: carreira — passageway
• Georgian: შესახვევი (šesaxvevi) — passageway
• German: Gasse — passageway
• Greek: σοκάκι (sokáki) — passageway
• Greek: στενό (stenó) — passageway
• Ancient Greek: λαύρα (laúra) — passageway
• Hebrew: מִשְׁעוֹל (mish'ól) — passageway
• Hindi: गली (galī) — passageway
• Hindi: खोरी (khorī) — passageway
• Hungarian: köz — passageway
• Hungarian: utcácska — passageway
• Hungarian: mellékutca — passageway
• Irish: lána — passageway
• Italian: passaggio — passageway
• Italian: corsia — passageway
• Japanese: 路地 (roji) — passageway
• Japanese: 細道 (hosomichi) — passageway
• Korean: 골목 (golmok) — passageway
• Central Kurdish: کۆڵان (kollan) — passageway
• Macedonian: сокак (sokak) — passageway
• Occitan: camin — passageway
• Occitan: alèia — passageway
• Persian: کوچه (kuče) — passageway
• Polish: aleja — passageway
• Polish: alejka — passageway
• Polish: uliczka — passageway
• Portuguese: alameda — passageway
• Romanian: uliță — passageway
• Russian: переу́лок (pereúlok) — passageway
• Russian: алле́я (alléja) — passageway
• Russian: але́йка (aléjka) — passageway
• Russian: у́лочка (úločka) — passageway
• Scottish Gaelic: caol-shràid — passageway
• Slovak: ulička — passageway
• Spanish: camino — passageway
• Thai: ซอย (sɔɔi) — passageway
• Thai: ตรอก (dtrɔ̀ɔk) — passageway
• Thai: เลน (leen) — passageway
• Turkish: dar yol — passageway
• Turkish: patika — passageway
• Ukrainian: прову́лок (provúlok) — passageway
• Ukrainian: але́я (aléja) — passageway
• Urdu: گلی (galī) — passageway
• Urdu: کوچہ (kūća) — passageway
• Vietnamese: hẻm — passageway
• Welsh: beidr — passageway
• Welsh: lôn — passageway
• Galician: corredoira — a narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
• German: Pfädchen — a narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
• Hungarian: átjáró — a narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
• Hungarian: sikátor — a narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
• Esperanto: vojeto — a narrow road, as in the country
• Galician: corredoira — a narrow road, as in the country
• Galician: carreiro — a narrow road, as in the country
• Hungarian: ösvény — a narrow road, as in the country
• Hungarian: dűlő — a narrow road, as in the country
• Hungarian: dűlőút — a narrow road, as in the country
• Lao: ຮ່ອມ (hǭm) — a narrow road, as in the country
• Arabic: مَسَار (masār) — division of roadway
• Arabic: مَسَار (masār) — division of roadway
• Asturian: carril — division of roadway
• Bashkir: һыҙат (hıźat) — division of roadway
• Basque: lerro — division of roadway
• Bulgarian: ле́нта (lénta) — division of roadway
• Catalan: carril — division of roadway
• Chinese Mandarin: 車道 /车道 (chēdào) — division of roadway
• Czech: pruh — division of roadway
• Czech: jízdní pruh — division of roadway
• Danish: kørebane — division of roadway
• Danish: vognbane — division of roadway
• Danish: vejbane — division of roadway
• Danish: bane cspor — division of roadway
• Dutch: rijvak — division of roadway
• Dutch: rijstrook — division of roadway
• Dutch: baanvak — division of roadway
• Esperanto: koridoro — division of roadway
• Faroese: farbreyt — division of roadway
• Finnish: kaista — division of roadway
• French: voie — division of roadway
• Galician: carril — division of roadway
• German: Spur — division of roadway
• German: Streifen — division of roadway
• Greek: λωρίδα (lorída) — division of roadway
• Hebrew: נָתִיב (natív) — division of roadway
• Hungarian: sáv — division of roadway
• Icelandic: akrein — division of roadway
• Irish: lána — division of roadway
• Italian: corsia — division of roadway
• Japanese: 車線 (shasen) — division of roadway
• Japanese: レーン (rēn) — division of roadway
• Luxembourgish: Bunn — division of roadway
• Macedonian: лента (lenta) — division of roadway
• Malay: lorong — division of roadway
• Mongolian: эгнээ (egnee) — division of roadway
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjørefelt — division of roadway
• Norwegian Nynorsk: køyrefelt — division of roadway
• Polish: pas (ruchu) — division of roadway
• Portuguese: pista — division of roadway
• Portuguese: faixa — division of roadway
• Portuguese: via de trânsito — division of roadway
• Romanian: bandă — division of roadway
• Russian: полоса́ (polosá) — division of roadway
• Slovak: pruh — division of roadway
• Slovene: pas — division of roadway
• Spanish: carril — division of roadway
• Spanish: canal — division of roadway
• Spanish: carrilera — division of roadway
• Spanish: senda — division of roadway
• Swedish: fil — division of roadway
• Swedish: körfält — division of roadway
• Turkish: şerit — division of roadway
• Ukrainian: сму́га ру́ху (smúha rúxu) — division of roadway
• Ukrainian: сму́га (smúha) — division of roadway
• Vietnamese: làn đường — division of roadway
• Vietnamese: làn xe — division of roadway
• Vietnamese: phần đường — division of roadway
• Bulgarian: коридо́р (koridór) — division of racetrack
• Catalan: carrer — division of racetrack
• Czech: dráha — division of racetrack
• Czech: závodní dráha — division of racetrack
• Dutch: rijvak — division of racetrack
• Dutch: rijstrook — division of racetrack
• Finnish: rata — division of racetrack
• German: Bahn — division of racetrack
• Hebrew: נָתִיב (natív) — division of racetrack
• Hungarian: sáv — division of racetrack
• Hungarian: pálya — division of racetrack
• Hungarian: futópálya — division of racetrack
• Italian: corsia — division of racetrack
• Polish: dróżka — division of racetrack
• Portuguese: raia — division of racetrack
• Russian: доро́жка (doróžka) — division of racetrack
• Slovak: dráha — division of racetrack
• Slovene: proga — division of racetrack
• Spanish: calle — division of racetrack
• Swedish: spår — division of racetrack
• Tamil: தடம் (taṭam) — division of racetrack
• Turkish: kulvar — division of racetrack
• Vietnamese: phần đường — division of racetrack
• German: Durchgang — any of a number of parallel tracks or passages
• Hungarian: sáv — any of a number of parallel tracks or passages
• Hungarian: sor — any of a number of parallel tracks or passages
• Bulgarian: трасе́ (trasé) — course for ships or aircraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 飛行航線 /飞行航线 (féixíng hángxiàn) — course for ships or aircraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 航路 (hánglù) — course for ships or aircraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 空中走廊 (kōngzhōng zǒuláng) — course for ships or aircraft
• Czech: trasa — course for ships or aircraft
• Finnish: väylä — course for ships or aircraft
• Finnish: reitti — course for ships or aircraft
• French: couloir aérien — course for ships or aircraft
• French: couloir — course for ships or aircraft
• German: Spur — course for ships or aircraft
• German: Route — course for ships or aircraft
• Hebrew: נָתִיב (natív) — course for ships or aircraft
• Hungarian: útvonal — course for ships or aircraft
• Italian: corsia — course for ships or aircraft
• Japanese: 航空路 (kūkōro) — course for ships or aircraft
• Japanese: 規定航路 (kiteikōro) — course for ships or aircraft
• Russian: тра́сса (trássa) — course for ships or aircraft
• Spanish: carrera — course for ships or aircraft
• Turkish: hava yolu — course for ships or aircraft
• Turkish: su yolu — course for ships or aircraft