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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)t/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-culvert.wav Forms: culverts [plural]
Etymology: Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested: * a dialectal word, * a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor, * a derivation from French couvert (“covered”), although couvert is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is ponceau or buse de drainage, * a derivation from an unrecorded Dutch word, possibly *coul-vaart, a combination of Dutch coul-, from French couler (“to flow”), and Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en|obscure}} obscure, {{der|en|fr|couvert||covered}} French couvert (“covered”), {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{m+|nl|coul-|w=Dutch language}} Dutch coul-, {{der|en|fr|couler||to flow}} French couler (“to flow”), {{der|en|nl|vaart||a trip by boat, a canal}} Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} culvert (plural culverts)
  1. A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water. Derived forms: deculvert, Thorpe Culvert Translations (channel for draining water): κορχυρέα (korkhuréa) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), водосток (vodostok) [masculine] (Bulgarian), claveguera [feminine] (Catalan), desguàs [masculine] (Catalan), propustek [masculine] (Czech), duiker [masculine] (Dutch), grondzijl [feminine] (Dutch), verlaat [neuter] (Dutch), zinker [masculine] (Dutch), tunelponto (Esperanto), torentdrenilo (Esperanto), drenilo (Esperanto), siltarumpu (Finnish), ponceau [masculine] (French), drain (French), buse (French), Düker (German), vízátvezető cső (Hungarian), áteresz (Hungarian), ponteto (Ido), ponto (Ido), karawata (Maori), kulvert [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), stikkrenne (english: smaller in size) [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przepust [masculine] (Polish), galeria de drenagem [feminine] (Portuguese), passagem hidráulica [feminine] (Portuguese), водопропускная труба (vodopropusknaja truba) [feminine] (Russian), cloaca [feminine] (Spanish), tajea (Spanish), kulvert [common-gender] (Swedish), trumma [common-gender] (Swedish), vägtrumma [common-gender] (Swedish), alkantarilya (Tagalog), menfez (Turkish)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌlvə(ɹ)t/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-culvert.wav Forms: culverts [present, singular, third-person], culverting [participle, present], culverted [participle, past], culverted [past]
Etymology: Origin obscure, with a number of possible etymologies suggested: * a dialectal word, * a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor, * a derivation from French couvert (“covered”), although couvert is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is ponceau or buse de drainage, * a derivation from an unrecorded Dutch word, possibly *coul-vaart, a combination of Dutch coul-, from French couler (“to flow”), and Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en|obscure}} obscure, {{der|en|fr|couvert||covered}} French couvert (“covered”), {{der|en|nl|-}} Dutch, {{m+|nl|coul-|w=Dutch language}} Dutch coul-, {{der|en|fr|couler||to flow}} French couler (“to flow”), {{der|en|nl|vaart||a trip by boat, a canal}} Dutch vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} culvert (third-person singular simple present culverts, present participle culverting, simple past and past participle culverted)
  1. To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.
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Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈkulvɛrt/, /ˈkulward/
Etymology: From Old French colvert, from Late Latin collībertus. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|colvert}} Old French colvert, {{der|enm|LL.|collībertus}} Late Latin collībertus Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} culvert, {{enm-adj}} culvert
  1. vile, nefarious Synonyms: colwarde, culvard, culvart, kilvarde
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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