"scenic route" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scenic routes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scenic route (plural scenic routes)
  1. A road or path designed to take one past a pleasant view or nice scenery. Translations (road or path): maisematie [road, transport] (Finnish), maisemareitti (Finnish), chemin des écoliers [masculine] (French), giro delle sette chiese [masculine] (Italian), malownicza trasa [feminine] (Polish), живопи́сная доро́га (živopísnaja doróga) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scenic_route-en-noun-kj5dpJVG Disambiguation of 'road or path': 100 0
  2. (colloquial) The long way round; a deliberately slow route. Tags: colloquial Related terms: en route
    Sense id: en-scenic_route-en-noun-0SPA9Txe

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scenic route meaning in English (1.6kB)

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