catwalk

English

Etymology

cat +‎ walk

Pronunciation

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Noun

catwalk (plural catwalks)

1. (nautical) An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.
2. Any similar elevated walkway.
   • 1963 June, “News and Comment: Victoria line engineering works”, in Modern Railways, page 370:

     The lengthening [of the District Line platforms] is being done so that passengers will no longer have to use the narrow catwalks to enter and leave the front and rear portions of eight-car trains.

3. (fashion) A narrow elevated stage on which models parade.

   Synonym: runway

4. (by extension, "the catwalk") The business of making clothes for fashion shows.

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: catwalk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: catwalk

Translations

nautical: elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge

• Danish: løbebro c
• German: Laufsteg (de) m

narrow elevated stage on which models parade

• Belarusian: по́дыум m (pódyum)
• Bulgarian: подиум (bg) m (podium)
• Catalan: passarel·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓步／猫步 (māobù), 伸展臺／伸展台 (shēnzhǎntái)

• Czech: molo (cs) n
• Danish: podie n
• Dutch: catwalk (nl) m, podium (nl) m, platform (nl) n
• French: passerelle (fr) f, podium (fr) m
• German: Laufsteg (de) m
• Hungarian: kifutó (hu)
• Icelandic: tískupallur m
• Italian: passerella (it) f
• Japanese: キャットウォーク (kyattowōku)
• Maltese: passarella f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: catwalk m

  Nynorsk: catwalk m

• Polish: kładka (pl) f
• Portuguese: passarela (pt) f
• Russian: по́диум (ru) m (pódium)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: писта f

  Roman: pista (sh) f

• Spanish: pasarela f
• Ukrainian: по́діум m (pódium)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English catwalk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛt.ʋɑlk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cat‧walk

Noun

catwalk m (plural catwalks)

1. catwalk (narrow elevated stage on which models parade)

Hypernyms

• platform
• podium

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English catwalk.

Noun

catwalk m (definite singular catwalken, indefinite plural catwalker, definite plural catwalkene)

1. (especially fashion) a catwalk

References

• “catwalk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “catwalk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English catwalk.

Noun

catwalk m (definite singular catwalken, indefinite plural catwalkar, definite plural catwalkane)

1. (especially fashion) a catwalk

References

• “catwalk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.