subway

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (Canada, Scotland, South-Africa, US) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
2. (Canada, Scotland, South-Africa, US) A train that runs on such an underground railway.
3. (Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
4. (British) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
5. An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
6. An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).

Verb

To travel by underground railway.

Concepts

métro

🚇

métropolitain

tromé

passage souterrain

couloir souterrain

passage

mètre

Synonymes

underground

metro

🚇

tube

tunnel

underpass

the tube

the tube

the underground

rapid transit

subway system

Metro

🚇

El

the T

underground railway

underground train

belowground

culvert

subterranean

subterraneous

ulterior

chthonic

L

mass rapid transit

underfloor duct

underground passage

MRT

Traductions

U-Bahn

metropolitana

Untergrundbahn

metro

metro

μετρό

metro

Metro

🚇

subte

🚇

metrô

مترو

🚇

metrò

metro

Unterführung

Prononcé comme (IPA)

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Étymologie (Anglais)

From sub- + way.

Phrases

But that did not stop Gibbs from his pursuit of an all-steel subway car .

Mais cela n'a pas empêché Gibbs de sa poursuite d'une voiture de métro entièrement en acier.