"thoroughfare" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθʌɹəfɛː/ [UK] Audio: en-au-thoroughfare.ogg Forms: thoroughfares [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thurghfare}} Middle English thurghfare, {{pre|en|thorough|fare|t1=through}} thorough- (“through”) + fare, {{cog|ang|þurhfaran||to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate}} Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”), {{cog|ang|þurhfær||inner secret place}} Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), {{cog|de|Durchfahrt||passage through, thoroughfare}} German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} thoroughfare (countable and uncountable, plural thoroughfares)
  1. (now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (way through): անցում (ancʻum) (Armenian), 通道 (tōngdào) (Chinese Mandarin), doorgang [masculine] (Dutch), passage [feminine] (Dutch), läpikulkutie (Finnish), kulkureitti (Finnish), passage [masculine] (French), გასასვლელი (gasasvleli) (Georgian), გასავალი (gasavali) (Georgian), Durchfahrt [feminine] (German), Durchgangsstraße [feminine] (German), δίοδος (díodos) [feminine] (Greek), aðalbraut [feminine] (Icelandic), 通り抜け (tōrinuke) (alt: とおりぬけ) (Japanese), 通路 (tsūro) (alt: つうろ) (Japanese), przejście [neuter] (Polish), passagem [feminine] (Portuguese), прохо́д (proxód) [masculine] (Russian), прое́зд (projézd) [masculine] (Russian), pasaje [masculine] (Spanish), lối đi (Vietnamese)
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  2. A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Roads Translations (road open at both ends): διέξοδος (diéxodos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), شَارِع رَئِيسِيّ (šāriʕ raʔīsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), լայն փողոց (layn pʻoġocʻ) (Armenian), բանուկ փողոց (banuk pʻoġocʻ) (Armenian), пътна артерия (pǎtna arterija) (Bulgarian), 要道 (yàodào) (Chinese Mandarin), 主路 (zhǔlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 大道 (dàdào) (Chinese Mandarin), 康衢 (kāngqú) (Chinese Mandarin), doorgangsweg [masculine] (Dutch), doorgaande weg [masculine] (Dutch), verkeersader [feminine] (Dutch), päätie (Finnish), pääkatu (Finnish), grand-rue [feminine] (French), voie principale [feminine] (French), artère [feminine] (French), სატრანსპორტო მაგისტრალი (saṭransṗorṭo magisṭrali) (Georgian), ცოცხალი ქუჩა (cocxali kuča) (Georgian), ფართო ქუჩა (parto kuča) (Georgian), განიერი ქუჩა (ganieri kuča) (Georgian), Durchgangsstraße [feminine] (German), Hauptverkehrsstraße [feminine] (German), Verkehrsader [feminine] (German), λεωφόρος (leofóros) [feminine] (Greek), 目抜き通り (menukidōri) (alt: めぬきどおり) (Japanese), 大通り (ōdōri) (alt: おおどおり) (Japanese), droga przelotowa [feminine] (Polish), via pública [feminine] (Portuguese), гла́вная доро́га (glávnaja doróga) [feminine] (Russian), оживлённая доро́га (oživljónnaja doróga) [feminine] (Russian), оживлённая у́лица (oživljónnaja úlica) [feminine] (Russian), автостра́да (avtostráda) [feminine] (Russian), магистра́ль (magistrálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), автомагистра́ль (avtomagistrálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vía pública [feminine] (Spanish), vía de comunicación f gran rúa [feminine] (Spanish), đường lớn (Vietnamese), đường phố lớn (Vietnamese)
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  3. (uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit. Tags: uncountable
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  4. An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (waterway): ջրային ուղի (ǰrayin uġi) (Armenian), 航道 (hángdào) (Chinese Mandarin), 水道 (shuǐdào) (Chinese Mandarin), vaarweg [masculine] (Dutch), waterweg [masculine] (Dutch), vaarwater [neuter] (Dutch), vesitie (Finnish), voie navigable [feminine] (French), Wasserstrasse [neuter] (German), πορθμός (porthmós) [masculine] (Greek), droga wodna [feminine] (Polish), hidrovia [feminine] (Portuguese), во́дный путь (vódnyj putʹ) [feminine] (Russian), кана́л (kanál) [masculine] (Russian), во́дная магистра́ль (vódnaja magistrálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), canal [masculine] (Spanish), đường thuỷ (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: thorofare, throughfare, thoroughfair, thorowfair [obsolete]

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Alternative forms

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with thorough-",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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        "3": "thurghfare"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "thorough",
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        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þurhfaran",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "þurhfær",
        "3": "",
        "4": "inner secret place"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1961, Frederic Morton, The Rothschilds, page 173:",
          "text": "“I ask you,” cried Lloyd George in 1909. “Are we to have all the ways of reform, financial and social, blocked simply by a notice board: ‘No thoroughfare. By order of Nathanial Rothschild’?”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, John Le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy:",
          "text": "In the scullery Smiley had once more checked his thoroughfare, shoved some deck-chairs aside, and pinned a string to the mangle to guide him because he saw badly in the dark.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A passage; a way through."
      ],
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          "way",
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        ]
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      "qualifier": "now rare except in certain set phrases",
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        "(now rare except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge:",
          "text": "a dozen houses were quickly blazing, including those of Sir John Fielding and two other justices, and four in Holborn – one of the greatest thoroughfares in London – which were all burning at the same time, and burned until they went out of themselves, for the people cut the engine hose, and would not suffer the firemen to play upon the flames.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 July 1, Stephen Phelan, The Guardian:",
          "text": "Local art is now a viable industry, and hundreds of islanders make a living in it. The thoroughfare of Oneroa village is lined with shops and galleries full of their work.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street."
      ],
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        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ],
        [
          "highway",
          "highway"
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      ],
      "tags": [
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        "uncountable"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sign leading to the other carriage reads: No thoroughfare.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 391-393:",
          "text": "and made one realm, / Hell and this world, one realm, one continent / Of easy thorough-fare.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Roscoe:",
          "text": "Mr. Roscoe, on the contrary, has claimed none of the accorded privileges of talent. He has shut himself up in no garden of thought, no elysium of fancy; but has gone forth into the highways and thoroughfares of life; […].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of going through; passage; travel, transit."
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        "(uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "waterway"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈθʌɹəfɛː/",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "thorofare"
    },
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      "word": "throughfare"
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    {
      "word": "thoroughfair"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ancʻum",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "անցում"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tōngdào",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "通道"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doorgang"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "läpikulkutie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "kulkureitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "passage"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gasasvleli",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "გასასვლელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gasavali",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "გასავალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Durchfahrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Durchgangsstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "díodos",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δίοδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aðalbraut"
    },
    {
      "alt": "とおりぬけ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tōrinuke",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "通り抜け"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つうろ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsūro",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "通路"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przejście"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passagem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proxód",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прохо́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "projézd",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прое́зд"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "way through",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasaje"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "way through",
      "word": "lối đi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šāriʕ raʔīsiyy",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَارِع رَئِيسِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "layn pʻoġocʻ",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "լայն փողոց"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "banuk pʻoġocʻ",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "բանուկ փողոց"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎtna arterija",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "пътна артерия"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàodào",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "要道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔlù",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "主路"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàdào",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "大道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāngqú",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "康衢"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doorgangsweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doorgaande weg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "verkeersader"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "päätie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "pääkatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grand-rue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voie principale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "artère"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saṭransṗorṭo magisṭrali",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "სატრანსპორტო მაგისტრალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cocxali kuča",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "ცოცხალი ქუჩა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "parto kuča",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "ფართო ქუჩა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganieri kuča",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "განიერი ქუჩა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Durchgangsstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hauptverkehrsstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verkehrsader"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "leofóros",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λεωφόρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diéxodos",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διέξοδος"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めぬきどおり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "menukidōri",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "目抜き通り"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おおどおり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōdōri",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "大通り"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "droga przelotowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "via pública"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glávnaja doróga",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́вная доро́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oživljónnaja doróga",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оживлённая доро́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oživljónnaja úlica",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оживлённая у́лица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtostráda",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автостра́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "magistrálʹ",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "магистра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtomagistrálʹ",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "автомагистра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vía pública"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vía de comunicación f gran rúa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "đường lớn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "road open at both ends",
      "word": "đường phố lớn"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ǰrayin uġi",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "word": "ջրային ուղի"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hángdào",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "word": "航道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐdào",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "word": "水道"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vaarweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "waterweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vaarwater"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "word": "vesitie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voie navigable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wasserstrasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "porthmós",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πορθμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "droga wodna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hidrovia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vódnyj putʹ",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́дный путь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kanál",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кана́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vódnaja magistrálʹ",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́дная магистра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canal"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "waterway",
      "word": "đường thuỷ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thoroughfare"
}

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