alveturo

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Etymology[edit]

From alveturi +‎ -o.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [alveˈturo]
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Hyphenation: al‧ve‧tu‧ro

Noun[edit]

alveturo (accusative singular alveturon, plural alveturoj, accusative plural alveturojn)

  1. arrival (by vehicle, vessel, etc.)
    • Vladimír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Švejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk), by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 2, Chapter 1,
      Antaŭ alveturo de persona trajno la restoracio de tria klaso pleniĝis per soldatoj kaj civiluloj.
      Before the arrival of the passenger train the third-class restaurant filled up with soldiers and civilians. (Cecil Parrott translation, Heinemann, 1973)
  2. trip (by vehicle, vessel, etc.), journey, voyage
    • Anna Gyllsdorf (translator), “La puphejmo,” (“A Doll’s House”) from Giftas (Married) by August Strindberg, in Franko Luin (ed.), Uzino 1,
      Sed Otilio ne toleris marveturon. Ŝi estis tiel malsana dum la alveturo.
      But the sea did not agree with Ottilia. She had been ill on the steamer (lit. during the voyage) (Ellie Schleussner translation, Luce, 1913).