tunnel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Related terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Synonyms 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Related terms

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From Middle French tonnelle.

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• IPA: /ˈtʌn(ə)l/
• Rhymes: -ʌnəl

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tunnel (plural tunnels)

1. An underground or underwater passage.
2. A passage through or under some obstacle.
3. A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

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to tunnel (third-person singular simple present tunnels, present participle tunnelling or in American usage tunneling, simple past and past participle tunnelled or in American usage tunneled)

1. (transitive) To make a tunnel through or under something, to burrow.
2. (intransitive) To make a tunnel.

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• tunneller
• tunnel vision
• light at the end of the tunnel
• wind tunnel

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tunnel m. (plural tunnels, diminutive tunneltje, diminutive plural tunneltjes)

1. tunnel

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• IPA: /ty.nɛl/, SAMPA: /ty.nEl/

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tunnel m.

1. tunnel

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English

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• IPA: [ˈt̪un.nel], /ˈtunnel/, SAMPA: /"tun.nel/
• Hyphenation: tùn‧nel

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tunnel m. inv.

1. tunnel

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• galleria

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tunnel c.

Inflection for tunnel	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	tunnel	tunneln	tunnlar	tunnlarna
Possessive form	tunnels	tunnelns	tunnlars	tunnlarnas

1. tunnel;
   1. An underground or underwater passage.
   2. A passage through or under some obstacle.
   3. A hole in the ground made by an animal, a burrow.

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• tunnla