"tramway" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tramways [plural]
Etymology: From tram + way. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tram|way}} tram + way Head templates: {{en-noun}} tramway (plural tramways)
  1. (chiefly UK, Ireland) The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs. Tags: Ireland, UK Translations (track on which trams run): sporvej [common-gender] (Danish), tramspoor [neuter] (Dutch), tramvojo (Esperanto), raitiotie (Finnish), ტრამვაის ლიანდაგი (ṭramvais liandagi) (Georgian), ტრამვაის ხაზი (ṭramvais xazi) (Georgian), ტრამვაის რელსები (ṭramvais relsebi) (Georgian), Trambahn (German), trambhealach [masculine] (Irish), тра́мвајска ли́нија (trámvajska línija) [feminine] (Macedonian), sporvei [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sporveg [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sporveg [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tor tramwajowy [masculine] (Polish), spårväg [masculine] (Swedish), spårvagnsräls [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tramway-en-noun-BmbZSig5 Categories (other): British English, Irish English, Terms with Irish translations, Rail transportation Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 49 20 31 Disambiguation of 'track on which trams run': 71 8 20
  2. (US) The system of cables that supports a cable car. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-tramway-en-noun-0mwiFJgN Categories (other): American English, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 30 38
  3. (Victoria, formal) A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal circumstances) for the exclusive use of trams and public buses. Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-tramway-en-noun-wHT636BK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 13 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 15 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 32 15 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 8 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 24 24 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 17 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 24 21 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 25 25 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 27 16 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 27 18 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 27 13 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 19 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 22 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aerial tramway, cable tramway

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "tramvajë"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "word": "trâmuei"
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        "borrowed"
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          "roman": "ṭramvais liandagi",
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          "roman": "ṭramvais relsebi",
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          "roman": "trámvajska línija",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "roman": "ṭramvais relsebi",
      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "roman": "trámvajska línija",
      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "word": "spårvagnsräls"
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  "word": "tramway"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.