road

Signification

Noun

1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
2. Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
3. A physical way or route.
4. A path chosen, as in life or career.
5. An underground tunnel in a mine.
6. A railway or (UK, rail transport) a single railway track.
7. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.
8. (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
9. A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
10. (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.

Adj

1. At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
2. Of or pertaining to a road bike.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹəʊd/

Étymologie

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots, and West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).
The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late—Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar—and probably arose through reinterpretation of roadway "a way for riding on" as saying "way" twice, in other words as a tautological compound.

Phrases

The road is blocked .

La route est bloquée.

Two women riding their bicycles along a dirt road .

Deux femmes conduisant leurs vélos le long d'un chemin de terre.

Taking part in road traffic is potentially dangerous after donating blood .

Participer à la circulation routière est potentiellement dangereux après avoir donné du sang.

It was no more exciting than an overturned carriage or a tree blown across the road .

Ce n'était pas plus excitant qu'une voiture renversée ou un arbre soufflé sur la route.

He practices road cycling and track cycling .

Il pratique le vélo sur la route et le vélo de piste.