thoroughfare

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A passage; a way through.
2. (countable, uncountable) A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
3. (uncountable) The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
4. (countable, uncountable) An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.

Sinonieme

highway

road

🛣️

passage

street

way

main street

route

boulevard

main line

path

🛣️

artery

itinerary

lead

main road

major route

outlet

passageway

pathway

public way

through road

track

trunk road

tube

walkway

primary road

public road

passage-way

arterial highway

backbone road

avenue

channel

course

crossroads

duct

entryway

exit

freeway

gangway

intersection

Vertalings

vía pública

Verkehrsstraße

artère

estrada

🛣️

yol

🛣️

Durchgangsstraße

pervium

voie navigable

voie publique

Straße

Durchfahrt

λεωφόρος

doorgang

grand-rue

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈθʌɹəfɛː/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: thurghfare

Verwante met Old English: þurhfaran

Verwante met Old English: þurhfær

Verwante met Duits: Durchfahrt

In summary

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”).