conduit

See also: conduït

English

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) cundite

Etymology

From Middle English conduyt, condit, from Old French conduit, from Latin conductus. Doublet of conduct.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndʒʊɪt/, /ˈkɒndɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnd(j)ʊɪt/, /ˈkɑndɪt/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

conduit (plural conduits)

1. A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.
2. A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
3. (figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.

   The medium considered herself a conduit for messages from the spirit world.

4. (finance) An investment vehicle that issues short-term commercial paper to finance long-term off-balance sheet bank assets.

Derived terms

• conduit bender

Translations

pipe or channel for conveying water

• Bulgarian: тръба (bg) f (trǎba), тръбопровод (bg) m (trǎboprovod)
• Catalan: conducte m
• Dutch: buis (nl), leiding (nl)
• Finnish: vesijohto (fi), johto (fi)
• German: Kanal (de) m, Leitung (de) f, Leitungsrohr n, Rohr (de) n, Rohrleitung (de) f, Wasserleitung (de) f, Wasserrohr (de) n, Leitungsrohr n, Aquädukt (de) n, Gerinne (de) n, Röhre (de) f, Leitung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὀχετός m (okhetós)

• Hungarian: vízvezeték (hu), vezeték (hu), cső (hu), csővezeték (hu), csatorna (hu)
• Italian: condotto (it) m
• Latin: canālis (la) m
• Russian: водово́д (ru) (vodovód)
• Scottish Gaelic: seòl-phìob f
• Spanish: conducto (es) m
• Swedish: vattenledningsrör
• Turkish: boru hattı (tr), kanal (tr), su borusu (tr), su hattı (tr)

duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled

• Dutch: pijp (nl)
• Finnish: asennusputki (tube), kaapelikanava (fi) (duct), roilo (fi) (groove)
• German: Isolierrohr n, Kabelkanal (de) m, Leerrohr n, Leitkanal m, Leitungsrohr n, Leitungsröhre f, Führungsrohr n, Führungskanal m, Installationsrohr n, Installationskanal m, Elektroinstallationsrohr n, Leitungskanal m, Wellschlauch m, Wellrohr n, Panzerrohr n, Kabelrohr n
• Hungarian: kábelcső, védőcső, vezetékcsatorna, kábelcsatorna (hu), (flexible) gégecső (hu)
• Italian: condotto (it) m
• Portuguese: conduíte (pt)
• Russian: кабель-канал (ru) (kabelʹ-kanal)
• Swedish: ledning (sv)
• Turkish: elektrik borusu, elektrik tesisat borusu, kablo kanalı

A means by which something is transmitted

• Dutch: kanaal (nl)
• French: canal (fr) m
• German: Führung (de) f, Übertragungsweg (de) m, Leitkanal m, Verbindungslinie f, Verbindung (de) f
• Russian: проводни́к (ru) (provodník)
• Swedish: kanal (sv)
• Turkish: bağlantı (tr), bağlantı hattı

Anagrams

• duction, noctuid

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French conduit (noun, past participle) from Latin conductus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.dɥi/

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• Rhymes: -ɥi

Noun

conduit m (plural conduits)

1. conduit (connecting pipe/channel)
2. a conductus

Participle

conduit (feminine conduite, masculine plural conduits, feminine plural conduites)

1. past participle of conduire

Verb

conduit

1. third-person singular present indicative of conduire

Further reading

• “conduit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.