"tramway" meaning in French

See tramway in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʁa.mwɛ/ Audio: Fr-tramway.ogg , Fr-Paris--tramway.ogg , Fr-Paris--tramway (un).ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-tramway.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-tramway.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tramway.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-tramway.wav Forms: tramways [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English tramway, from Middle Dutch trame, ultimately from a lost West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) word. Etymology templates: {{ubor|fr|en|tramway}} Unadapted borrowing from English tramway, {{der|fr|dum|trame}} Middle Dutch trame, {{der|fr|gmw|-}} West Germanic Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} tramway m (plural tramways)
  1. (rail transport) tram (passenger vehicle) Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "hy",
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          ],
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          "word": "տրամվայ"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "lang_code": "az",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "lang_code": "ba",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "lang_code": "be",
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ṭramvai",
          "word": "ტრამვაი"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "lang_code": "kk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "tramvai",
          "word": "трамвай"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "lang_code": "ky",
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          ],
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          "word": "трамвай"
        },
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          ],
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        },
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          ],
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          ],
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          ],
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        },
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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          "word": "трамва́й"
        },
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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            "borrowed"
          ],
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "lang_code": "fa",
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      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
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          "lang_code": "az",
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang_code": "be",
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang_code": "ka",
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}

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