"level crossing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: level crossings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} level crossing (plural level crossings)
  1. (chiefly British) An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level. Tags: British Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Roads Synonyms: grade crossing, railroad crossing (english: American English) Derived forms: automatic half-barrier level crossing Translations (at-grade crossing): чыгу́начны перае́зд (čyhúnačny pjerajézd) [masculine] (Belarusian), pas a nivell [masculine] (Catalan), 平交道口 (píngjiāodàokǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 平交道 (píngjiāodào) (Chinese Mandarin), 鐵路道口 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁路道口 (tiělù dàokǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 平面交叉 (píngmiàn jiāochā) (Chinese Mandarin), treusva hyns horn [feminine] (Cornish), železniční přejezd [masculine] (Czech), úrovňové křížení (Czech), jernbaneoverskæring [common-gender] (Danish), spoorwegovergang [masculine] (Dutch), overweg [masculine] (Dutch), traknivela pasejo (Esperanto), raudteeülesõidukoht (Estonian), tasoristeys (Finnish), passage à niveau [masculine] (French), PN [masculine] (French), Bahnübergang [masculine] (German), BÜ [masculine] (German), ισόπεδος διάβασις (isópedos diávasis) [masculine] (Greek), útátjáró (Hungarian), perlintasan sebidang (Indonesian), passaggio a livello [masculine] (Italian), 踏切 (fumikiri) (alt: ふみきり) (Japanese), 건널목 (geonneolmok) (Korean), pārbrauktuve [feminine] (Latvian), geležinkelio pervaža [feminine] (Lithuanian), planovergang [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), planovergang [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przejazd kolejowo-drogowy [masculine] (Polish), passagem de nível [feminine] (Portuguese), trecere de nivel [feminine] (Romanian), железнодоро́жный перее́зд (železnodoróžnyj perejézd) [masculine] (Russian), železničné priecestie [feminine] (Slovak), paso a nivel [masculine] (Spanish), plankorsning [common-gender] (Swedish), hemzemin geçit (Turkish), залі́зничний пере́їзд (zalíznyčnyj peréjizd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), croesfan gwastad [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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          "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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          "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "at-grade crossing",
          "word": "hemzemin geçit"
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          "roman": "zalíznyčnyj peréjizd",
          "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "železničné priecestie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paso a nivel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "plankorsning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
      "word": "hemzemin geçit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zalíznyčnyj peréjizd",
      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "залі́зничний пере́їзд"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "at-grade crossing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "croesfan gwastad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "level crossing"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
  "msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
  "path": [
    "level crossing"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "level crossing",
  "trace": ""
}

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