lane

See also Lane, låne, and łáne

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lane, lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”), from Proto-Indo-European *ela-, *el(ʷ)-, *lā- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), Eastern Frisian lone (“lane”), West Frisian leane, loane (“a walkway, avenue”), Dutch laan (“alley, avenue”), Middle Low German lane (“a narrow passage, cattle-track”), Swedish lån (“covered walkway encircling a house”), Icelandic lön (“a row of houses”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /leɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophone: lain

Noun

lane (plural lanes)

1. A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
2. A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles
3. A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart
4. A course designated for ships or aircraft

Derived terms

Terms derived from lane

laneway memory lane

shipping lane swimlane

Translations

passageway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡同 (cmn) (hútòng), 里弄 (cmn) (lǐnòng)

• Dutch: gang m, wegeltje n
• French: chemin m, ruelle f (in a town), allée f
• Georgian: შესახვევი (ka) (shesaxvevi)
• German: Gang (de) m, Gasse (de) f
• Hindi: गली (hi) (galī) f
• Irish: lána (ga) m
• Italian: passaggio (it) m, corsia (it) f
• Japanese: 路地 (ja) (ろじ, roji), 細道 (ja) (ほそみち, hosomichi)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: کۆڵان (ku) (kolan)

• Persian: کوچه (fa) (kuče)
• Portuguese: alameda (pt)
• Romanian: uliță (ro) f
• Russian: переулок (ru) (pereúlok) m, аллея (ru) (alléja) f
• Scottish Gaelic: caol-shràid (gd) f
• Spanish: camino (es)
• Turkish: dar yol (tr), patika (tr)
• Urdu: گلی (ur) (galī) f

division of roadway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 車道 (cmn), 车道 (cmn) (chēdào)

• Czech: pruh (cs) m
• Dutch: rijvak n, rijstrook m
• Finnish: kaista (fi)
• French: voie (fr) f
• German: Spur (de) f
• Greek: λωρίδα (el) (lorída) f (lorída)
• Hungarian: sáv (hu)
• Irish: lána (ga) m

• Italian: corsia (it) f
• Japanese: 車線 (ja) (しゃせん, shasen), レーン (ja) (rēn)
• Luxembourgish: Bunn (lb)
• Malay: lorong (ms)
• Portuguese: pista (pt) f, faixa (pt) f
• Russian: полоса (ru) (polosá) f
• Spanish: carril m, canal m (Venezuela)
• Swedish: fil (sv) c
• Turkish: şerit (tr)

division of racetrack

• Czech: dráha (cs) f
• Dutch: rijvak n, rijstrook m
• Finnish: rata (fi)
• Hungarian: sáv (hu)
• Italian: corsia (it) f

• Russian: дорожка (ru) (doróžka) f
• Spanish: calle (es)
• Tamil: தடம் (ta)
• Turkish: kulvar (tr)

course for ships or aircraft

• French: couloir aérien m (for aircraft), couloir m
• German: Spur (de) f, Route (de) f
• Italian: corsia (it) f
• Japanese: 規定航路 (ja) (きていこうろ, kiteikōro)

• Russian: трасса (ru) (trássa) f
• Spanish: carrera (es) f
• Turkish: (aviation) hava yolu (tr), (maritime) su yolu (tr)

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• Mandarin: 巷

See also

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• alley
• alleyway
• bunnyrun
• carriageway
• direction
• gennel, ginnel, guinnel, gunnel, jennel
• gitty, jitty
• side
• passage
• roadway
• snicket
• wynd

External links

• lane in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lane in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• lane at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• elan, élan, enal, lean, Lena, Neal

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French l'année (“the year”). 

Noun

lane

1. year

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Italian

Noun

lane f

1. Plural form of lana

Anagrams

• lena

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish lán.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [lɛᵈn]

Adjective

lane

1. full
   • T'eh lane dy chreeaght.
     • He is full of confidence.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *olnę, *olnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lâne/
• Hyphenation: la‧ne

Noun

lȁne n (Cyrillic spelling ла̏не)

1. fawn
2. an affectionate term, dear child

Declension

    declension of lane

	singular	plural
nominative	lȁne	lanad
genitive	laneta	lȁnādī
dative	lanetu	lanadi
accusative	lane	lanad
vocative	lane	lanadi
locative	lanetu	lanadi
instrumental	lanetom	lanađu / lanadi

Etymology 2

Same as lȃni.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lǎːne/
• Hyphenation: la‧ne

Adverb

láne (Cyrillic spelling ла́не)

1. last year