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passageway

noun · 4 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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any way for passing in, out or through something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a passage between rooms or between buildings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: passage

Narrower terms: aisle, gangway, arcade, areaway, corridor, drift, heading, gallery, gate, shaft, tunnel, walk-through

4

noun

Meaning 4

a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the nasal passages

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: passage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure

Narrower terms: birth canal, meatus, orifice, opening, porta, duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel, sinusoid, carpal tunnel, root canal, esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet, epicardia, fauces, fistula, sinus, shunt

History

Etymology

From passage + way.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: галерия (galerija) — covered walkway
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通道 (tōngdào) — covered walkway
  • Dutch: gang — covered walkway
  • Finnish: käytävä — covered walkway
  • French: passage — covered walkway
  • Galician: pasaxe — covered walkway
  • German: Gang — covered walkway
  • German: Flur — covered walkway
  • German: Korridor — covered walkway
  • German: Durchgang — covered walkway
  • German: überdachter Verbindungsgang — covered walkway
  • Greek: διάδρομος (diádromos) — covered walkway
  • Ancient Greek: διάδρομος (diádromos) — covered walkway
  • Hindi: गलियारा (galiyārā) — covered walkway
  • Italian: corsia — covered walkway
  • Japanese: 通路 (tsūro) — covered walkway
  • Norwegian: passasje — covered walkway
  • Polish: przejście — covered walkway
  • Portuguese: corredor — covered walkway
  • Portuguese: passagem — covered walkway
  • Russian: прохо́д (proxód) — covered walkway
  • Russian: перехо́д (perexód) — covered walkway
  • Russian: коридо́р (koridór) — covered walkway
  • Russian: пасса́ж (passáž) — covered walkway
  • Ottoman Turkish: دهلیز (dehliz, dihliz) — covered walkway
  • Ottoman Turkish: آرالق (aralık) — covered walkway
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوریدور (koridor) — covered walkway
  • Bulgarian: проход (prohod) — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Dutch: doorgang — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Esperanto: pasejo — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Finnish: reitti — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Finnish: käytävä — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • German: Gang — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • German: Durchgang — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Greek: πέρασμα (pérasma) — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Ancient Greek: πόρος (póros) — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Hebrew: מַעֲבָר (ma'avár) — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Macedonian: проаѓалиште (proaǵalište) — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Norwegian: passasje — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Polish: przejście — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Portuguese: passagem — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Russian: прохо́д (proxód) — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Russian: перехо́д (perexód) — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Spanish: pasillo — any way for passing in, out or through something
  • Spanish: pasadizo — any way for passing in, out or through something
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