"driveway" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-driveway.wav [US] Forms: driveways [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English way English driveway From drive + way. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|drive|way<id:path>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *drīban Old English drīfan Middle English driven English drive English way English driveway [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "drīfan", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "driven", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "drive", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "path", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "way", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "driveway", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="driveway"> From drive + way. Head templates: {{en-noun}} driveway (plural driveways)
  1. (UK, US) A short private road that leads to a house or garage. Tags: UK, US Synonyms (short private road that leads to a house or garage): drive [UK] Translations (short private road that leads to a house or garage): rruge kalimi (Albanian), camí d'accés [masculine] (Catalan), 車道 /车道 (chēdào) (Chinese Mandarin), 專用支路 /专用支路 (zhuānyòngzhīlù) (Chinese Mandarin), příjezdová cesta [feminine] (Czech), indkørsel [common-gender] (Danish), oprit (Dutch), inrit (Dutch), pihatie (Finnish), yksityinen ajotie (Finnish), allée (French), sortie de véhicules [Italy, feminine] (French), Einfahrt (english: to small building) [feminine] (German), Auffahrt (english: to large building) [feminine] (German), Zufahrt [feminine] (German), Ein- und Ausfahrt [Italy, feminine] (German), cabhsán [masculine] (Irish), passo carrabile [masculine] (Italian), strada privata [feminine] (Italian), 私道 (shidō) (alt: しどう) (Japanese), oppkjørsel [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), podjazd do domu [masculine] (Polish), подъездна́я доро́жка (podʺjezdnája doróžka) [feminine] (Russian), прое́зд (projézd) [masculine] (Russian), dovoz (Slovene), prehod za vozila [Italy, masculine] (Slovene), entrada (para coches) [feminine] (Spanish), vado [masculine] (Spanish), chaflán [Bolivia, masculine] (Spanish), badén [masculine] (Spanish), uppfart [common-gender] (Swedish), garaj yolu (Turkish)
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  2. (US) A road that enters or circulates through a defined area, such as an institution, compound, land area, etc., for the purpose of private access, maintenance, or security. Tags: US Synonyms (road that enters or circulates through a defined area): service road, access road
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  3. (uncommon) Synonym of droveway. Tags: uncommon Synonyms: droveway [synonym, synonym-of]
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: driveway doesn't go all the way to the road, someone's driveway doesn't go all the way to the road, driveway access, driveway moment, shared driveway Related terms: drive away

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "uppfart"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "short private road that leads to a house or garage",
      "word": "garaj yolu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "driveway"
}

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