manhole

English

Etymology

man +‎ hole

Pronunciation

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Noun

manhole (plural manholes)

1. A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

Usage notes

• In contexts such as government documents where anything that might be perceived as sexist is avoided, this has mostly been replaced by maintenance hole

Derived terms

• manhole cover

Translations

a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙井 (cmn) (shājǐng), 窨井 (cmn) (xūnjǐng), 人孔 (cmn) (rénkǒng)

• Dutch: mangat (nl) n
• Finnish: kulkuaukko (fi)
• French: regard d'égout (fr) m, bouche d'égout (fr) f, trou d'homme (fr) m
• German: Mannloch (de) n, Kontrollschacht (de) m
• Icelandic: mannop (is) n, mannsmuga (is) f
• Italian: tombino (it) m
• Japanese: マンホール (ja) (manhōru)
• Korean: 맨홀 (ko) (maenhol)

• Norwegian: kum (no) m
• Polish: właz (pl) m
• Portuguese: bueiro (pt) m
• Russian: люк (ru) (ljuk) m, лаз (ru) (laz) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шахт (sh) m

  Roman: šaht (sh) m

• Swedish: gatubrunn (sv) c, manhål (sv)
• Venetian: gatoło m

See also

• Manhole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia