conduit

English

Etymology

From Old French conduit, from Latin conductus.

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. A means by which something is transmitted.
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) (trǎba) f, тръбопровод (bg) (trǎboprovod) m
• Dutch: buis (nl)
• Finnish: vesijohto (fi), johto (fi)
• German: Kanal (de) m, Leitung (de) f, Leitungsrohr (de) n, Rohr (de) n
• Italian: condotto (it) m

• Latin: canālis (la) m
• Russian: водовод (ru) (vodovod)
• Spanish: conducto (es) m
• Swedish: vattenledningsrör (sv)
• Turkish: boru hattı (tr), kanal (tr)

duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled

• Dutch: pijp (nl)
• Finnish: asennusputki (fi) (tube), kaapelikanava (fi) (duct), roilo (fi) (groove)
• German: Isolierrohr (de) n, Kabelkanal (de) m
• Italian: condotto (it) m

• Portuguese: conduíte (pt)
• Russian: кабель-канал (ru) (kabelʹ-kanal)
• Swedish: ledning (sv)
• Turkish: elektrik borusu (tr), elektrik tesisat borusu (tr), kablo kanalı (tr)

A means by which something is transmitted

• Russian: проводник (ru) (provodnik)

Anagrams

• duction, noctuid

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French

Etymology

From Latin conductus.

Verb form

conduit

1. third-person singular present indicative form of conduire
2. past participle of conduire