gangway

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (Ireland, UK) A passageway through which to enter or leave.
2. (UK, broadly) A passageway through which to enter or leave.
3. (US) A passageway through which to enter or leave.
4. An articulating bridge or ramp, such as from land to a dock or a ship.
5. A passage along either side of a ship's upper deck.
6. A passage through the side of a ship or an opening in the railing through which the ship may be boarded; (also in later use) a jet bridge.
7. (rare) A temporary passageway, such as one made of planks.
8. (dialectal, obsolete, rare) A clear path through a crowd or a passageway with people.
9. An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.

Verb

To serve as, furnish with, or conduct oneself as though proceeding on a gangway.

Intj

Make way! Clear a path!

Konzepte

Gangway

Gang

Fallreep

🪜

Laufplanke

Fußgängerbrücke

Gasse

Landungsbrücke

Laufsteg

Pfad

🛣️

Weg

🛣️

Flugschneise

Sträßchen

Fallreeptreppe

Fahrtroute

Gäßchen

Schiffsdurchfahrt

Heckenpfad

Bahn

Macht Platz

Durchfahrt

Durchgang

Fahrspur

Synonyme

gangplank

aisle

gangboard

passageway

passage

corridor

boarding bridge

alleyway

alley

duct

ladder

🪜

lane

lead

meatus

pass

path

🛣️

pathway

ramp

stairway

thoroughfare

tube

tunnel

underpass

walk-through

walkway

access board

accommodation ladder

gangboarding

passage-way

adit

gang board

canal

catwalk

channel

driveway

entryway

footbridge

gallery

hall

hallway

Übersetzungen

passerella

passerelle

corridoio

passage

loopplank

barcarizzo

overgang

doorgang

passadiço

passagem

portaló

corsia

passage

couloir

pasillo

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: gangway

Geerbt von Altenglisch: gangweġ

In summary

From Middle English gangway, from Old English gangweġ (“passageway; thoroughfare”), equivalent to gang + way. Related to Dutch gang (“hallway”) and Norwegian gang (“hallway”).