autostrada
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See also: autostradă and autostradą
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian autostrada.
Noun[edit]
autostrada (plural autostradas or autostrade)
- A motorway in Italy (and some other countries)
- 1977, America’s Highways, 1776-1976: A History of the Federal-Aid Program, page 117, column 1:
- Chief MacDonald also warned of another threat to free highways in the possible resurgence of the private toll road, for which the Italian autostrade were the current models.
- 1994, Nicole Franchini, Karen Brown, Karen Brown’s Italian Country Bed and Breakfasts, Travel Press, →ISBN, page 12:
- Tolls on Italian autostrade are quite steep, ranging from $15 to $20 for a three-hour stretch, but offering the fastest and most direct way to travel between cities.
- 2001, Yvonne D’Amico, Victor D’Amico, Sharing a Lifetime Passion for Europe, Writer’s Showcase, →ISBN, page 209:
- Italian autostrade are even more impressive than German autobahns because constructing a road in Italy is so much more challenging.
- 2018, D. Medina Lasansky, Hidden Histories: The Alternative Guide to Florence + Tuscany (Critical Tuscan Studies), didapress, →ISBN, page 116:
- According to a 1933 AAA guide to motoring abroad, Americans were reassured that unlike US highways, the Italian autostrade were not crowded.
- 2018, Mary K. Jensen, Rudy’s Rules for Travel: Life Lessons from Around the Globe, She Writes Press, →ISBN:
- now, exactly one year after a honeymoon night on the Edinburgh roof, our union is being tested again, this time on the Italian autostrade leading from Rome.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
autostrada f (plural autostrade)
- motorway, expressway, freeway, highway, turnpike
- autostrada a pedaggio ― tollway, toll motorway/freeway
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- Autostrada Adriatica
- Autostrada Alpe-Adria
- Autostrada Azzurra
- Autostrada dei Due Mare
- Autostrada dei Fiori
- Autostrada dei Laghi
- Autostrada dei Trafori
- Autostrada dei Vini
- Autostrada del Brennero
- Autostrada del Frejus
- Autostrada della Cisa
- Autostrada della Val d'Astico
- Autostrada della Valle d'Aosta
- Autostrada del Sole
- Autostrada di Alemagna
- autostradale
- Autostrada Milano-Mare
- Autostrada Serenissima
Descendants[edit]
- → Albanian: autostradë
- → Bulgarian: автостра́да (avtostráda), аутостра́да (autostráda)
- → Serbo-Croatian: а̀утостра̄да
Further reading[edit]
- autostrada in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Lithuanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian autostrada.
Noun[edit]
autostradà f (plural autostrãdos) stress pattern 2
- highway
- Synonyms: magistralė, (most common) greitkelis
Declension[edit]
Declension of autostradà
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | autostradà | autostrãdos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | autostrãdos | autostrãdų |
dative (naudininkas) | autostrãdai | autostrãdoms |
accusative (galininkas) | autostrãdą | autostradàs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | autostradà | autostrãdomis |
locative (vietininkas) | autostrãdoje | autostrãdose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | autostrãda | autostrãdos |
References[edit]
- “autostrada”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “autostrada”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian autostrada.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
autostrada f
Declension[edit]
Declension of autostrada
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | autostrada | autostrady |
genitive | autostrady | autostrad |
dative | autostradzie | autostradom |
accusative | autostradę | autostrady |
instrumental | autostradą | autostradami |
locative | autostradzie | autostradach |
vocative | autostrado | autostrady |
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
Further reading[edit]
- autostrada in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- autostrada in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
auto- + Italian strada (“road”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
àutostrāda f (Cyrillic spelling а̀утостра̄да)
Declension[edit]
Declension of autostrada
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | autostrada | autostrade |
genitive | autostrade | autostrada |
dative | autostradi | autostradama |
accusative | autostradu | autostrade |
vocative | autostrado | autostrade |
locative | autostradi | autostradama |
instrumental | autostradom | autostradama |
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
autostrada c
- an autostrada, a motorway
- Vid provkörningar har det dock visat sig att vagnen på autostradorna lätt kommer upp i 110 km.
- In test runs it has, however, been shown that the vehicle [the 1939 Volkswagen] on the autostradas easily reaches 110 km [per hour].
Declension[edit]
Declension of autostrada | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | autostrada | autostradan | autostrador | autostradorna |
Genitive | autostradas | autostradans | autostradors | autostradornas |
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
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