"viaduct" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvaɪədʌkt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvaɪəˌdʌk(t)/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-viaduct.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-viaduct.wav Forms: viaducts [plural]
Etymology: A blend of Latin via (“highway; road”) + English (aque)duct. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyh₁-|*dewk-}}, {{glossary|blend}} blend, {{der|en|la|via|t=highway; road}} Latin via (“highway; road”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} viaduct (plural viaducts)
  1. (transport) A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles. Categories (topical): Transport Derived forms: ecoduct, half viaduct, viaducted Related terms: aqueduct Translations (bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.): ուղանցույց (uġancʻuycʻ) (Armenian), zubibide (Basque), віяду́к (vijadúk) [masculine] (Belarusian), виаду́кт (viadúkt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), viaducte [masculine] (Catalan), 高架橋 /高架桥 (gāojiàqiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), viadukt [masculine] (Czech), viadukt [common-gender] (Danish), viaduct [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), viadukto (Esperanto), viadukt (Estonian), maasilta (Finnish), viaduc [masculine] (French), ვიადუკი (viaduḳi) (Georgian), Viadukt [neuter] (German), viadukt (Hungarian), völgyhíd (Hungarian), viadotto [masculine] (Italian), cavalcavia [masculine] (Italian), ガード (gādo) (Japanese), 高架橋 (kōkakyō) (alt: こうかきょう) (Japanese), 陸橋 (rikkyou) (Japanese), 고가교 (gogagyo) (Korean), вијаду́кт (vijadúkt) [masculine] (Macedonian), viadukt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), viadukt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ویادوک (viyâduk) (Persian), Wotabrigj [feminine] (Plautdietsch), wiadukt [masculine] (Polish), viaduto [masculine] (Portuguese), виаду́к (viadúk) [masculine] (Russian), viadukt [masculine] (Slovak), viaducto [masculine] (Spanish), viadukt [common-gender] (Swedish), biyadukto (Tagalog), viyadük (Turkish), віаду́к (viadúk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cầu cạn (Vietnamese), viaduk (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "고가교"
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        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
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        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
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        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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        "Terms with Persian translations",
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        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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        "en:Transport"
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          "ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.",
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        {
          "ref": "1944 January and February, C. F. Cobon, “The County of London Plan”, in Railway Magazine, page 24:",
          "text": "The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]",
          "type": "quote"
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        [
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          "road#Noun"
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          "traffic#Noun"
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          "valley",
          "valley"
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          "obstacle"
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        "(transport) A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles."
      ],
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        "transport"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "uġancʻuycʻ",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "ուղանցույց"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "zubibide"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vijadúk",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "віяду́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "viadúkt",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виаду́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viaducte"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāojiàqiáo",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "高架橋 /高架桥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "viaduct"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "viadukto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "maasilta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viaduc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "viaduḳi",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "ვიადუკი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "völgyhíd"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viadotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cavalcavia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gādo",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "ガード"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうかきょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkakyō",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "高架橋"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rikkyou",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "陸橋"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gogagyo",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "고가교"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vijadúkt",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вијаду́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "viyâduk",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "ویادوک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wotabrigj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viaduto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "viadúk",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виаду́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "viaducto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "viadukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "biyadukto"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "viyadük"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viadúk",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "віаду́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "cầu cạn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley, etc.",
      "word": "viaduk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "viaduct"
}

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