thoroughfare

Signification (Anglais)

  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.

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈθʌɹəfɛː/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).

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